2019-11-07 Identity WG Implementers Call

Summary

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom here https://zoom.us/j/232861185

Reminder to the host: we plan to record this call.

Date

07 Nov 2019 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

Announcements

• Aries Workshop/Connectathon December 3-5 in Provo, Utah
  • https://www.meetup.com/Utah-Sovrin-Meetup/events/265714942/
• Webinar on peer DIDs Nov 21 at 1 PM MST, ssimeetup.org
• Other Announcements?

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

• Main Identity WG
  • Discussion on Aadhaar.

    • https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/IWG/2019-10-30

  • Working on the whitepaper (in draft form) - Google Doc is here. 
• Hyperledger Indy
  • Contributors Meeting
    • Discussed future of Plenum ledger.
    • Want people to see Plenum as a general purpose ledger, broader than identity
    • ZMQ upgrade is done. We are happy with it for Node-to-Node communication, and it isn't a current priority to replace it for Node-to-Client communication.
  • Indy Node
    • October release: contains PBFT View Change
    • November release: bug fixes
    • December release: fixing replicas (maybe moving to Aardvark BFT)
  • Indy SDK
    • October and November: bug fixes
    • Evernym is experimenting with LibVCX support for Aries protocols.
  • Indy Catalyst
    • https://github.com/bcgov/indy-catalyst
    • Production deployment testing: volume loads.
      • Trying to identify performance bottlenecks. Currently think it's calls to the database.
      • Performance problems is preventing going to production.
    • Migrating into Hyperledger GitHub org
      • Needs more documentation.
  • Indy Semantics WG
    • ODCA pilots underway
    • The agenda, video, notes, etc. from the HL Indy Semantics WG call: 
• Hyperledger Aries
  • Aries Working Group meetings: discussions about naming, plans for core repositories
  • Aries Agents (Cloud Agent Python, Static Agent)
    • Cloud Agent Python - Release 0.3.5 released. Release Notes
    • Static Agent Python - Working on release with return routing, other improvements
  • Aries Protocol Test Suite
    • Works, and ready for test contributions
  • Aries Core Libraries (agent storage, resolvers, comms)
    • Moving Indy Wallet crate into aries-ams (might change the repo name)
  • Aries Language Frameworks and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
• Hyperledger Ursa
  • Ursa 3.0 release is due in November
    • Updated BLS signature (multi-signatures, small-BLS)
    • Compilation optimization for specific hardware
    • Rest of predicates for Anoncreds 2.0 and delegatable credentials
  • Agent Managed storage considerations -
• Sovrin
  • Network updates and extensions
  • Lots of progress by the Guardianship Taskforce

    • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ymWzCwu2Ud6FMGZdU8md03KCvaxmT41-gQYIRXo09Xw/edit?usp=sharing

  • Sovrin Governance Frameworks and Trust Architecture
    • Sovrin Governance Framework v2 is approved, final two week comment period concludes this week
      •  https://sovrin.org/library/sovrin-governance-framework/
      • Includes a new version of the Transaction Author Agreement / Data Processor Addendum
  • Transaction Author Agreement is expected to be enforced on the Sovrin Network "soon" (December / January?)
  • Sovrin APAC meetings have started. 1800-1900 US Pacific

  • Sovrin Foundation Webmeeting Info:

    • The WG meets every other week for two regional one-hour Zoom webmeetings. Upcoming 2019 meeting dates: Nov 4/5, Nov 18/19, Dec 2/3, Dec 16/17.

    • US/EU Region meetings are Mondays 08:00-09:00 Pacific Time, 16:00-17:00 UTC.

    • APAC Region meetings are Mondays 18:00-19:00 Pacific Time, Tuesdays 02:00-03:00 UTC, Tuesdays 3-4PM New Zealand.

• W3C Standards
  • Drummond's slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSuaCI_igQy7H42-ynaaRYySuspY0rBMWjSgmotS56xJmNm19RZFGaPhmCMyJja6A/pub?slide=id.p1
  • Verifiable Credentials Working Group
  • DID Working Group
• Interop and External updates (Dmitri Zagidulin) 
  • Helen's excellent DIDs 101 Non-Technical discussion slides from the CCG call, as mentioned earlier
  • Introduction to Self Sovereign Identity IIW slides by Heather Vescent, Karyl Fowler and Lucas Tétrault
• Other?
  • Diversity, Civility, and Inclusion working group preparing for Hyperledger Global Forum. DCI is trying a new format to increase geographic presentation. Two meetings will be virtual - products/projects will be noted and take place in the wiki and rocket chat. Each participant will dedicate one hour sometime on the day+- of the meeting. After two such meetings, we will assess participation. We are working on potential graphics, interactive presentations, and will partner with the Accenture happy hour to promote DCI principles.

Open Discussion

• BC.gov OIDC demo, Stephen Curran - OIDC Demo Presentation - Repo: vc-authn-oidc
• Review of Hyperledger Maintainers Summit

Next Meeting Topics

• Nov 21:  Paul Knowles – Overlays Data Capture Architecture (ODCA) presentation and demonstration
• Dec 5th:  Demo of Git commit signing with a DID, Ibrahim El Rhezzali

Future Topics

• Picolabs Agent Demo (Bruce expressed interest in sharing recent work)
• Roadmap coordination between Indy, Aries and Ursa

Action items

Call Recording