2024-03-07: Identity Special Interest Group

Summary

On Today's Call:

Review: Working Group status updates
Presentation: Andrew Smith (IDCrypt.global): Jump Start Cloud Agent Identity

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/93003523877?pwd=Q3VvMnJ1N0lSUEZSc283SmFGRk9SQT09

Date

Mar 7, 2024 4PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Call Recording:

Links:

Our website is: https://www.idcrypt.global
If you wish to email us it’s best to come through to LetstTalk@idcrypt.global
Though you can also use the contact form on the website: https://www.idcrypt.global/about.html#contact

Slides:

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

@Char Howland (Indicio PBC) <char@indicio.tech>

Announcements

2024 April IIW Planning
Open Wallet Foundation 1 Year Anniversary: Thurs March 14, 2024 at 9amPT
Workshop: Zero Knowledge Proofs and ZK Programming in Blockchain Application Development
- https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkfuyhpjsqGd1FCs-ZeFzD90EyqFy18IMt#/registration
Identity + Interop Workshop Recording: Hyperledger Identity + Interoperability

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Hyperledger Indy Contributors WG
- 2024-02-27 Indy Contributors Call
  - Presentation from Ramakrishna: Plugin to support self-controllable and evolvable group DIDs
    - https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node/issues/1841
    - https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-plenum/pull/1654
  - Indy Besu update and discussion
    - https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-node/issues/1826
    - https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-besu/pull/32
  - Any updates on upgrade or documentation contributions
  - Open Discussion
    - Sovrin v1.2.0 Release; https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/sovrin/releases/tag/v1.2.0

Hyperledger Aries
- Aries Working Group meetings:
  - 2024-03-06 Aries Working Group Call
    - Credential protocol Reversions
- Aries Bifold User Group (React Native & Typscript)
  - 2024-02-28 Aries Working Group Call
    - DIDComm v2 Credential Protocol Needs
- Aries Cloud Agent Python User Group
  - 2024-03-05 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - Presentation/Demo about AnonCreds in W3C VCDM format
    - Status ACA-Py 0.12.0rc1
    - Status AnonCreds RS
    - Status did:peer and AFJ Interop – where we are
    - Upgrading an ACA-Py deployment to AnonCreds RS
    - Status: ACA-Py 1.00 Checklist
    - Open Discussion
- Aries Cloud Agent Python Maintainers Meeting
  - Focused on current PRs, planned PRs, and Release Management. ACA-Pug will continue to focus on initiatives in the community, with demos and presentations from members from User Group members.
  - Calendar info
  - 2024-02-27 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Maintainers Meeting
    - PRs
    - Issues
    - Release 1.0.0
    - Adding support in ACA-Py for AnonCreds in W3C Format
    - OOB Invitations Supporting Peer DIDs and Connection Reuse
    - Upgrading Wallet Types
- Aries Language Frameworks, Libraries, and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
  - Aries Shared Libraries (agent storage, vdr, utils)
    - Aries Shared Components
      - now installable via pip; github actions build and test for Windows, Mac and Linux
      - indy-vdr - release 0.3.4 https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
      - indy-shared-rs - indy-credx release 0.3.1 https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-shared-rs
      - aries-askar (storage) - release 0.2.2 https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-askar
- Tools (great for interoperability testing)
  - Aries Toolbox (v 0.1.0; active) https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-acapy-plugin-toolbox
  - Aries Protocol Test Suite (v 0.1.0; last update Jul 2019) - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-protocol-test-suite
  - Aries Agent Test Harness - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-agent-test-harness
    - Test Run Status: https://aries-interop.info
    - New! Mobile Wallet Test Agent for any mobile wallet

Hyperledger AnonCreds
- 2024-03-04 AnonCreds Working Group Meeting
  - Updates on the AnonCreds in W3C VCDM from the Credo and ACA-Py groups (if available)
  - Data organization in the AnonCreds v2 Presentation flow
  - Pluggable Signatures in AnonCreds v2
  - AnonCreds Hyperledger Mentorship Program ideas

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- All Members Meeting
  - 21 February 2024: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-02-21+All+Members+Meeting+Notes
    - Presentation: Content Authenticity Initiative
- ToIP Working Groups:
  - Communications Committee: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee
    - All blogs: https://trustoverip.org/about/news/
    - 3 November 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-11-03+Communications+Committee+Meeting+Notes
      - BLOGs being worked on:
        AI Blog by Wenjing
        Trust Registries TF Update BLOG (confirmed)
        ACDC - specs -
        Post-IIW (Mathieu didn’t have time)
        DID WebS TF (Has it launched yet?) - this is drafted. Contact Lance Byrd for an update.
        AI and Metaverse Series - Ziada and Anita
        ID Pro BLOG Repurpose
  - Governance Stack
    - 8 February 2024 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-02-08+GSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Update on Issuer Requirements Guide
      - Update on ToIP Glossary, Governance Architecture Spec., Governance Metamodel Spec., Technology Architecture Spec. and 3rd gen. ToIP stack diagram
    - Task Force:
      - Governance Architecture TF
  - Technology Stack Working Group
    - 20 February 2024: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-02-20+TSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Technology Architecture TF — Wenjing Chu Drummond Reed
        
        Work is going on very actively on the 3rd generation ToIP stack diagram
        Our goal is to move the spec to Spec-Up, integrate the Canonical Use Cases text, add the 3rd generation ToIP stack diagram, and integrate the ToIP Glossary refs/defs before IIW (April 16-18).
        Trust Registry TF — Andor Kesselman Antti Kettunen Darrell O'Donnell
        On track for Implementer Draft in March.
        Requirements and OAS/Swagger coming along
        Trust Spanning Protocol TF — Drummond Reed Wenjing Chu Samuel Smith
        On track to publish the first Implementers Draft in early March.
        ACDC TF — Samuel Smith Phil Feairheller
        The road to public review continues, latest update is KERI has a list of before-public-review issues and we are identifying a bonus TF call this week to do the same for ACDC/CESR.
        AI & Metaverse (AIM) Technology TF — Wenjing Chu
        Working on a proposal for an Authentic Generative AI (AGAI).
        Credential Exchange Protocols TF — Mathieu Glaude
        Restart meeting last week. Key focus was looking at both the human and machine aspect of the protocols.
        Most of the focus last year was on the issuance protocols.
        Now the focus is moving to the presentation protocols.
        did:webs Task Force — Lance Byrd Phil Feairheller Markus Sabadello
        
        Working through comments from the public review and a reference implementation
  - Ecosystem Foundry
    - 29 February 2024 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+2024-02-29+Meeting+-+MOBI
      - Presentation: Andreas Freund from MOBI: Web3 Battery Birth Certificate Credential Issuance & Verification
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - 26 February 2024 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-02-26+CTWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Updates on TEv2 and KERISSE engine
      - Report on Spec-Up Coding Project

Decentralized Identity Foundation
- DIF DIDComm Spec Working Group
  - Rolling Agenda: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm/blob/main/agenda.md
  - Current Agenda: https://hackmd.io/pUsOUZa8QHKJTSgf5O6HfQ?both
  - RFC Repository: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-messaging
  - Meeting every 1st Monday of the month
  - No September meeting
  - 5 February 2024: https://hackmd.io/pUsOUZa8QHKJTSgf5O6HfQ?view
    - DIDComm branding reprise
    - DIDComm at the IETF

- DIF DIDComm Users Group
  - Update: moving from un-sync to sync meetings
    - At the same timeslot at the DIDComm WG meetings, every 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Mondays of the month
    - Meetings: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-usergroup/tree/main/meetings
  - Meeting notes on discord channel: https://discord.com/channels/900385725462229022/911224279885033533
  - 18 September Meeting
    - Nick Reynolds presented a proof-of-concept DIDComm protocol for communicating with AI agents
    - Jesús Diaz (a researcher at IOG) presented some research / formal analysis of DIDComm and offered some possible improvements
    - James Ebert presented an Invitation Service that makes improvements to existing OOB protocol (when you scan a QR code on device to begin DIDComm convo)
  - 11 September Meeting
    - Roles in a protocol: using them to indicate support for a subset of the protocol
    - PR for DIDComm Book Organization: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-book/pull/8
- DIF Interoperability Group
  - Main: https://identity.foundation/interop/
  - Wiki: https://www.notion.so/Interoperability-WG-a42995c37e2a4511a10aea96cdbccc38
  - Rolling agenda: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/interoperability/blob/master/agenda.md
  - Meeting recordings
  - 27 June Meeting
    - Recording
    - Presentation by Meyer Mechanic (Founder at Vaultie): User Adoption and Interoperability

- IoT Special Interest Group
  - DIF Steering Committee approved the creation of an IoT Special Interest Group
  - Participating in the IoT SIG does not require being a member of DIF so anyone who is interested is welcome
  - Sign up for the mailing list: https://lists.identity.foundation/g/IoT-SIG
  - 14 February Meeting
    - Meeting recording
    - Discussion of IoT SIG Potential Work Items
  - Meeting recordings
  - Discord channel

W3C Standard
- Community Credentials Group
  - January 30: CCG Traceability Call
  - February 19: Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force Call
OpenWallet Foundation
- News: EUDI Wallet Reference Implementation https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/.github/blob/main/profile/reference-implementation.md
Other?

Presentation

Andrew Smith (IDCrypt.global): Jump Start Cloud Agent Identity