2023-06-15: Identity Special Interest Group

Summary

On Today's Call:

Review: Working Group status updates
Presentation:

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/91329633752?pwd=elFrVUhOY3lybmRMMEtLS2MwMFNNdz09

Date

15 Jun 2023 3PM UTC, 8AM PDT, 9AM MDT, 11AM EDT

Call Recording:

Welcome/Introductions

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Attendees

Announcements

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

Hyperledger Indy Contributors WG
- 2023-05-23 Indy Contributors Call
  - Reviewing open issues on node and plenum
- DID Indy Method
  - Note: Effective April 26, 2022, this call has been merged into the bi-weekly Indy Contributors Meeting.
  - Dominic Wörner's Presentation and Demo of Indy VDR changes: 20220412 DID Indy - Indy-VDR Updates Overview.mp4
  - Daniel Bluhm's Presentation and Demo of Indy Node changes: 20220405 DID Indy - Indy-Node Updates Overview.mp4
  - Spec: https://hyperledger.github.io/indy-did-method/
  - Source: https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-did-method

Hyperledger Aries
- Aries Working Group meetings:
  - 2023-05-31 Aries Working Group Call
    - Wallet VS Agent
    - Scope and purpose of Aries
  - 2023-05-24 Aries Working Group Call
    - Open Wallet Foundation
- Aries Bifold User Group (React Native & Typscript)
  - - 2023-05-23 Aries Bifold Users Group Community Meeting
      - Bifold update
      - AFJ 0.4.0 update
      - Status of NPM publishing status update
  - Discord: https://discord.com/channels/905194001349627914/941708242030063656
- Aries Cloud Agent Python User Group
  - 2023-05-30 Aries Cloud Agent - Python Users Group Community Meeting
    - Update and Demo of BC Gov CWU – anoncreds-rs library in ACA-Py - Indicio
    - ACA-Py PRs – let's play "Can We Merge This?"!
    - Converting from unqualified peer DIDs to did:peer:3
- 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
  - Aries-Framework JavaScript
    - 2023-05-25 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes
      - Future of Aries
      - Future architecture of Aries Framework JavaScript
      - Getting started with AFJ
    - 2023-05-18 Aries Framework JS Meeting notes
      - Status update on Shared components
      - Presentation: Future architecture of Aries Framework JavaScript
- 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 Ursa
- Meeting Recordings
- EOL (End of Life): https://github.com/hyperledger/ursa/pull/233
  - This repository has been archived by the owner on May 30, 2023. It is now read-only.

Hyperledger AnonCreds
- 2023-05-22 AnonCreds Specification Working Group Meeting
  - Update on the AnonCreds V2.0 Working Group
  - Presentation from IBM Zurich Research Group – Revocation Scheme
    - Slides
  - Checkin: anoncreds-rs implementation progress, requests

Trust Over IP Foundation
- Main site: https://trustoverip.org/
- Wiki: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Trust+Over+IP+Foundation
- All Members Meeting
  - 15 March 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-03-15+All+Members++Meeting+Notes
    - AntiTrust Laws Training:
    - Ecosystem Foundry Guest Speaker
    - Interaction Patterns Task Force
    - Communications Committee - call for participants
    - Guest Speaker: Liz Tanner, Secretary of Commerce, State of Rhode Island - Rhode Island leads on digital identity
- Steering Committee Meeting
  - 26 April 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-04-26+Steering+Committee+Discussion+Meeting+Notes
    - Closed Meeting to Steering Members only.
  - 12 April 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-04-12+Steering+Committee+Plenary+Meeting+Notes
    - Closed Meeting to Steering Members only.
- ToIP Working Groups:
  - Communications Committee: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/Communications+Committee
    - All blogs: https://trustoverip.org/about/news/
    - 10 March 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-03-10+Communications+Committee+Meeting+Notes
      - BLOG Updates and Approvals:
      - NIST 800-63-4 ToIP Comments and Unified Decentralized Identity cover:
      - LF Digital Trust Initiative (a marketing initiative) content development (15 min)
  - Governance Stack
    - 18 May 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-05-18+GSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Presentation of Rosie system from Steven Milstein
    - Task Force:
      - Governance Architecture TF
  - Technology Stack Working Group
    - 24 May 2023: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-05-24+TSWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Updates from conferences (Consensus, EIC)
    - Special Topics Task Forces
      Technology Architecture TF — Wenjing Chu Drummond Reed
      - Continued discussion of the third-generation ToIP stack conceptual diagram. This continues to be a key tool for communicating overall ToIP architecture, especially for eIDAS 2.0.
      - Progress on the ToIP Glossary Workspace slowed during this travel month, but should pick up again in June. Our goal is a complete alpha version by the end of June.
      Trust Registry TF — Darrell O'Donnell Antti Kettunen
      - It has largely concluded the requirements phase and is moving into the proposal stage, which should start in June.
      Trust Spanning Protocol TF — Drummond Reed Daniel Hardman
      - Our May 3 meeting was a fascinating Terminology Design Workshop which helped everyone understand the importance of terminology work.
      - The third TSP Workshop was very productive. The final result was consensus that we need a multi-layer approach.
      ACDC TF — Samuel Smith Phil Feairheller
      - Samuel Smith shared the they have created a permissionless directory of ACDC schema that will track the SAID of the schema.
      - Kevin Griffin reported that the TF is still in an active dialog with W3C VC WG.
      AI & Metaverse (AIM) Technology TF
      - Discussion of biometrics
  - Utility Foundry
    - Hiatus
      - Group members have joined with the Governance Architecture task force
    - Last meeting: 7 June 2022
      - Deliverable 1: Review Discussion -ToIP Layer 1 - Utility Foundry - Google Docs
  - Ecosystem Foundry
    - 27 April 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/EFWG+2023-04-27+Meeting+-+MOBI
      - Meeting Deck
  - Concepts and Terminology
    - 22 May 2023 Meeting: https://wiki.trustoverip.org/display/HOME/2023-05-22+CTWG+Meeting+Notes
      - Update on TEv2 progress
      - Report on Terminology Design Workshop for the Trust Spanning Protocol TF
      - Next steps on ToIP Glossary Workspace

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
  - Update to WG: Meeting every 1st Monday of the month
  - 1 May 2023
    - DIDComm v2.1 - ION compatiblity
      - https://github.com/decentralized-identity/didcomm-messaging/pull/436
    - ToIP Trust Spanning Protocol
      - Layers of the DIDComm Spec

- 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
  - 22 May Meeting:
    - creating a DIDComm group chat
    - chess protocol
    - validation of DID that are updated into the Mediator
- 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
  - 17 May
    - Recording

- 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
  - 24 May Meeting
    - Meeting recording
  - Meeting recordings
  - Discord channel

W3C Standard
- DID Working Group
  - Charter: https://www.w3.org/2020/12/did-wg-charter.html
  - Meetings: https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/
    - W3C Members are invited to join this Working Group. Individuals who wish to participate as Invited Experts (i.e., they do not represent a W3C Member) should refer to the policy for approval of Invited Experts. The group also welcomes non-Members to contribute technical submissions for consideration upon their agreement to the terms of the W3C Patent Policy.
  - 11 Feb 2022
    - https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg/Meetings/Minutes/2022-02-11-did
    - DID Method: "did:id"
    - DID Method: "did:keri"
- Community Credentials Group
  - 30 May 2023
    - W3C CCG Call
  - 28 April 2023
    - Verifiable Credentials for Education Task Force Call
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