2024-05-02: Identity Special Interest Group

Summary

On Today's Call:

Review: Working Group status updates
Presentation: Jörn Erbguth (Head of Technology Insights Geneva Macro Labs): Bloxberg: The Potential of an Academic Blockchain to Provide Trust in Academic Research Results and Diplomas

Connection Info

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

Date

02 May 2024 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Call Recording: Recording

Slides:

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

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

Announcements

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Hyperledger Indy Contributors WG
- 2024-04-23 Indy Contributors Call
  - Indy Besu updates and discussion
  - Ubuntu 22.04 upgrade
  - Mentorship project submissions
  - Ledger Redaction

Hyperledger Aries
- Aries Working Group meetings:
  - 2024-05-01 Aries Working Group Call
    - The new VC-DI Attachment Format for issuing credentials
    - Aries RFCs PRs – Changing RFC Statuses
    - Initial progress on DIDComm v2 in ACA-Py
    - Brief Overview of did:tdw
  - 2024-04-24 Aries Working Group Call
    - Service Endpoints
    - Mediation
- Aries Bifold User Group (React Native & Typscript)
  - 2024-02-27 Aries Bifold Users Group Community Meeting
    - Bifold to OWF
    - Dependency Injection
- Aries Cloud Agent Python User Group
  - 2024-04-30 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - Release Planning:
      - 0.12.1
    - PR Merges for pending 1.0.0
    - Adding Support in ACA-Py for DIDComm v2
  - 2024-04-16 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - Release Planning:
      - 0.12.1
      - PR Merges for pending 1.0.0
- 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
  - 2024-04-23 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Maintainers Meeting
    - Release 0.12.1
    - Status: Adding support in ACA-Py for AnonCreds in W3C VCDM Format
    - Status: Upgrading Wallet Types
    - What's next?
    - PRs and Issues
- 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
- 2024-04-22 AnonCreds Working Group Meeting
  - Recap of IIW as it relates to AnonCreds
  - VC-DI-BBS Specification and AnonCreds V2 - Similarities and Differences
  - Getting BBS Support in AnonCreds v2
  - Other efforts towards the next version of Privacy Preserving VCs

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- All Members Meeting
  - 20 March 2024: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-03-20+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
    - 4 April 2024 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-04-04+GSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - ToIP Trust Canvas Update: slide deck
    - Task Force:
      - Governance Architecture TF
  - Technology Stack Working Group
    - 24 April 2024: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-04-24+TSWG+APAC+Meeting+Notes
      - Technology Architecture TF — Wenjing Chu Drummond Reed
        Work on this was delayed until after IIW. Drummond Reed is going to be back on the job of converting it to Spec-Up and publishing Public Review Draft 2 before EIC.
        Trust Registry TF — Andor Kesselman Antti Kettunen Darrell O'Donnell
        No direct feedback at the moment—some conversations with Animo.
        Judith asked why an API-based registry vs. a downloaded file such as specified by the DIF Trust Establishment specification.
        Darrell O'Donnell explained that the API model is more flexible and can handle more use cases, including non-credential based use cases.
        The API model also enables existing registries to expose the registry data that they already have in a standard way.
        Judith also asked about how the OpenID Federation compared with the TRP? Darrell confirmed that an OpenID federation should also be able to expose their data via the TRP.
        Judith also asked about the Open Identity Exchange proposal for a "policy resolver" that could read and resolve what needs to be done to apply policies from one ecosystem to another.
        This could apply to producing derived credentials.
        Jo asked the question about whether the TRP will be implemented as a trust task protocol that runs over the TSP.
        We discussed the various reasons it might be helpful to have a TSP relationship with a trust registry:
        For strong security.
        For privileged access.
        For privacy-protected access.
        For a persistent connection, such as for push updates.
        Trust Spanning Protocol TF — Drummond Reed Wenjing Chu Samuel Smith
        See the TSPTF meeting notes.
        ACDC TF — Samuel Smith Phil Feairheller
        Sam’s presentation on CESR
        https://github.com/SmithSamuelM/Papers/blob/master/presentations/CESR_20_IIW2024A.pdf
        AI & Metaverse (AIM) Technology TF — Wenjing Chu
        Wenjing shared that they are proceeding nicely with their Authenticity for AI workstream.
        Credential Exchange Protocols TF — Mathieu Glaude
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        did:webs Task Force — Lance Byrd Phil Feairheller Markus Sabadello
        -
        X.509 VID Task Force — Eric Scouten Wenjing Chu
        Eric, Drummond, and Scott Perry held a session to discuss the technical and business case for CAs adding a DID or VID to the Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 certificate. There was a high degree of interest in "building that bridge"—including from one CA attending (Lori Groth of Digicert - https://www.linkedin.com/in/loriegroth/).
  - Ecosystem Foundry
    - 28 March 2024 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+2024-03-28+Meeting+-+Wallet+Survey
      - Discuss Ecosystem Components Paper, Review Case Studies
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - 25 March 2024 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2024-03-25+CTWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Terminology Governance Guide
      - 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
  - 1 April 2024: https://hackmd.io/pUsOUZa8QHKJTSgf5O6HfQ?view#Meeting---1-April-2024---1500-ET
    - All Things Post-Quantum
    - DIDComm Swag getting ready before IIW

- DIF DIDComm Users Group
  - Meeting notes: https://hackmd.io/UYFfUX53QIGCFonPjDbFUQ?view
  - Discord channel: https://discord.com/channels/900385725462229022/911224279885033533
  - 22 April Meeting
    - What Group Chat / Enhanced Protocols are out there? (What have others done?)
      What are the different types of Group Chat?
- 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
  - CCG 2024-04-09 - Summer of Protocols
    - https://summerofprotocols.com/research/sop2024
OpenWallet Foundation
- News: EUDI Wallet Reference Implementation https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/.github/blob/main/profile/reference-implementation.md
Other?

Presentation

Jörn Erbguth (Head of Technology Insights Geneva Macro Labs): Bloxberg: The Potential of an Academic Blockchain to Provide Trust in Academic Research Results and Diplomas