2020-12-3 Identity Implementers WG Call

Summary

On Today's Call:

Review: Working Group status updates

Presenter: Nicole Khor (Anonyome Labs; University of Queensland) will give a presentation on her research into extending SSI technologies and connecting them with existing browser-based WebAuthn authentication processes.
- Slides provided below

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom: https://zoom.us/my/hyperledger.community.3?pwd=UE90WHhEaHRqOGEyMkV3cldKa2d2dz09

Date

03 Dec 2020 4PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

Name (Organization) <email>
Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>
Alexander Jonsson (Laniakea Health) <alex@laniakeahealth.com>
Sam Curren
Lynn Bendixon
Stephen Curran
Nicole Khor
Sravani
Charles Lanahan (Trustscience Inc.) <charles.lanahan@trustscience.com>
Nathan George

Announcements

KERI API conference next week 8-9th of Dec
IIW Workshop #31 (Oct 2020) Proceedings: https://internetidentityworkshop.com/past-workshops/
IIW Workshop #32 (Apr 2021), online, reg opens Dec 14th: https://internetidentityworkshop.com

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Main Identity WG
- Meeting Notes: 2020-11-25
  - "The State of SSI" – Drummond Reed
  - Slides State of SSI.pdf
  - Recording available

Hyperledger Indy
- Contributors Meeting
  - 2020-11-10 Indy Contributors Call
    - Indy Plenum PR Review - the consensus code
    - Indy Node Release Status Updates
      - Working on CI/CD process updates
    - Request for indy-sdk release
      - In progress
    - Progress: Indy DID Method (did:indy) Specification - Meetings: Indy DID Method Specification - Hyperledger Indy - Hyperledger Confluence
  - In progress: Ubuntu 18 / 20 - working on CI/CD process for a release - Jira Issue
- Indy SDK
  - Indy VDR into LibIndy
  - Indy Credx into LibIndy
- Indy DID:Method Spec-ing Meeting - weekly, Tuesday 7AM Pacific - Indy DID Method Specification
- Indy/Aries Shared Libraries
  - Current status: creating a branch of ACA-Py with these components and without indy-sdk
  - Working ACA-Py branch doing credential exchange! Adding handling in anticipation of JSON-LD credentials.
  - Indy Shared:
    - indy-vdr (Andrew Whitehead) https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
    - indy-credx - https://github.com/andrewwhitehead/indy-credx
    - indy-shared-rs - https://github.com/bcgov/indy-shared-rs
  - Aries Shared:
    - aries-credx - https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-credx-framework-rs
    - areis-askar - https://github.com/andrewwhitehead/aries-askar
- Sovrin Token
  - Remove from MainNet?

Hyperledger Aries
- Aries Working Group meetings:
  - Meeting Agenda & Notes: Aries Working Group
  - WG A: 2020-12-02-A Aries Working Group Call (AMER morning)
    - Discussion of Aries messaging and crypto formats
    - Architecture of Aries Verifiable Credentials Proof Formats
      - https://github.com/decentralized-identity/vc-spec-map
  - WG B: 2020-12-02-B Aries Working Group Call (US afternoon)
    - Issues
      - PR 564 - terminology tweak
    - ACA-Py Mediation / Aries Toolbox demo
    - AIP Next - Stephen Curran
      - AIP Doc: Google Drive Item
    - DIDComm v2 for binary protocols (gRPC) - Tomislav
- Aries Agents (Cloud Agent Python, Static Agent)
  - Release 0.5.6 is out.
  - Contributions in progress:
    - Multi-Tenant Agent - from Lukas Müller, SICPA and collaborators
    - Java Clients
    - Mediator configuration
  - Toolbox - Various improvements including Transaction Author Agreement support for Indy ledgers requiring it
    - New web app repo https://github.com/thclab/aries
- Aries Shared Libraries (agent storage, vdr, utils)
  - aries-credx - https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-credx-framework-rs
  - areis-askar - https://github.com/andrewwhitehead/aries-askar
- Aries Language Frameworks and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
  - Aries-CloudAgent-Python (bc.gov)
    - Release 0.5.6 is out.
    - Contributions in progress:
      - DID Exchange support added yesterday to main branch – testing
      - Adjustments for supporting aries-askar – mostly internal
      - Persistent Queues – Kiva
      - Multi-Tenant Support - SICPA and collaborators (Animo, Anon Solutions)
      - Mediator Support – Indicio
      - Getting to W3C Verifiable Credential support with ZKP and Selective Disclosure with Revocation.
        DHS SVIP JSON-LD Verifiable Credential exchange in Aries Protocols
        May be doing some bounties related to this
      - Thinking about adding aries-vdr concept – pluggable, multi-ledger resolution
  - Aries-Framework-Go #aries-go
    - BBS+ Verifiable Credentials implemented using pure Go. Example.
      - Interop tests against Mattr implementation
      - Add selective disclosure capabilities
      - Interop tests against Mattr for selective disclosure
    - Adding support for did:web
    - Working on adding remote encrypted storage capability - with a default implementation of DIF Secure Data Storage - Encrypted Data Vaults.
    - Created repo to handle pluggable go framework components such as Indy VDR: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-framework-go-ext
      - MySQL and CouchDB components moved to ext repo.
  - Aries-SDK-Ruby
    - Horcrux gem for ActiveStorage (0.0.4)
      - moved to https://github.com/decentralized-identity/activestorage-horcrux
      - refactored to change blob key directly (instead of via Tempfile)
- Tools
  - Aries Toolbox – converted to a web application by Robert Mitwicki - repo https://github.com/thclab/aries
  - Aries Protocol Test Suite - https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-protocol-test-suite
  - Aries Agent Test Harness - https://github.com/bcgov/aries-agent-test-harness

Hyperledger Ursa
- Homepage: Hyperledger Ursa (EOL)
- 2020-11-11 Meeting Agenda
  - k256 crate (secp256k1). Should we use it?
    1. Everyone seems in favor.
    2. How to formalize–add to the refactoring documentation.
  - Ursa refactor:
    1. Focus on secret sharing
    2. We may need more buckets
  - Revocation issues (led by Brent):
    1. We should probably wait until refactor is done.
  - IETF Standardizing BLS Signatures
    1. We need to bring our signature into compliance when this happens
    2. We should also switch from Milagro to PairingPlus
  - Discussion on PR #143
    1. Misuse resistance vs efficiency

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- 18 Nov 2020 All Members Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/All+Members+Meeting+Page
  - Meting notes https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-11-18+All+Members+Meeting+Notes
  - Slides: Slides
- 11 Nov 2020 - Steering Committee Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-11-11+Steering+Committee+Meeting+Page
  - Human Experience WG Presentation https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-11-11+Steering+Committee+Meeting+Page?preview=/71624/71631/Exhibit%20B%20-%20The%20Human%20Experience%20(working%20group).pptx
- ToIP Working Groups:
  - Communications Committee
    - https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee
    - 13 Nov 2020 meeting https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-11-13+Communications+Committee+Meeting+Notes
    - ToIP webinar series being planned
  - Governance Stack
    - Governance models & standards https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/tree/master/concepts/0289-toip-stack
    - Main WG Page: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/GSWG+Meeting+Page
    - 12 Nov 2020 meeting (NA/EU)
      - Presentation link: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=71236
  - Technical Stack
    - 16 Nov 2020 WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-11-16+Weekly+Meeting
      - ToIP Technology Stack Design Principles (TSWG)
        Focus on overall design principles – separate deliverable from the specific Privacy by Design and Laws of Identity TFs
        Focus is on TIP independent and stack layer independent. So this is a separate full-stack deliverable. For example: Decentralization
      - ToIP Governance Stack Design Principles (GSWG)
      - ToIP Governance Architecture TSS (GSWG) <== underway
      - ToIP Technical Architecture TSS (TSWG): See RFC 289 Conversion TF
      - Design and Architecture of the ToIP Stack (white paper) (joint deliverable of GSWG and TSWG): Update Foundation Whitepaper
  - Utility Foundry
    - 10 Nov 2020 WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-11-10+Meeting+Page
    - Projects:
      - Bedrock
        Call for interested companies that may be interested in joining. Send email request to Dan Gisolfi stating company name and contact email address.
        Soft Launch Scheduled for 18 Nov 2020.
      - IDunion
        Competition phase in final stages, proposal has been handed in to German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs for execution phase. Final project report is work in progress. Activities on IDunion legal entity continue.
      - Sovrin
      - Indicio
        Indicio TestNet had successful "first upgrade" last week. DemoNet scheduled to be "live" by the end of next week, and MainNet scheduled to be "live" by the end of the year. Official announcements are forthcoming.
  - Ecosystem Foundry
    - WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+Meeting+Page
    - 19 Nov 2020 WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+2020-11-19+Meeting+Notes
      - Github Project Boards reference links
        https://github.com/features/project-management/
        https://github.com/orgs/trustoverip/projects/2
        https://github.com/trustoverip/ecosystem-foundry-wg/projects
  - Decentralized Semantics
    - Main: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Semantics+Working+Group
    - 1 Dec 2020 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-12-01+Weekly+Meeting
      - Recording
      - Slides https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2020-12-01+Weekly+Meeting?preview=/71766/71770/ToIP%20Semantics%20WG%20Weekly%20Meeting.pdf
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - WG: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=65700
    - Develop a glossary of shared concepts and terminology

DIF DIDComm Working Group
- Rolling Agenda: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm/blob/main/agenda.md
- Milestones
  - First Complete Draft - reads correctly from beginning to end Nov 30th
- DIDComm.org Progress
  - Repo: https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm.org
- DID Use Cases
  - Original: https://github.com/w3c/did-use-cases/pull/100
  - Nader: https://github.com/w3c/did-use-cases/pull/122
- PR/Issues:
  - 127 - structured headers
  - 128 - to header semantics
  - 129 - post quantum
  - 126 - DIDDocs for Peer DIDs
- DIDComm Bootstrapping and Discovery Technique
  - Social Profile Association Credential
DIF Interoperability Group
Sovrin Foundation
- Technical Governance Board (TGB)
  - 12 Nov 2020 Meeting Minutes:
  - No call on 26 Nov 2020
- Steward Council
  - 12 Nov 2020 Meeting Minutes:
  - Reviewed Workstreams (1) Health monitoring, 2) technical, 3) community engagement)
  - No call on 26 Nov 2020
- Network is healthy with near 100% uptime

W3C Standard
- Verifiable Credentials Working Group
- DID Working Group

Other?

Presentation

Slides:

Future Topics

Trust over IP (www.trustoverip.org)

Identity Special Interest Group