2020-03-12 Identity WG Implementers Call

Summary

• Project updates
• Transaction Authorship and GDPR compliance.
• Demo of ACAPy and Aries Toolbox

Connection Info

The call takes place over Zoom here https://zoom.us/j/244779296 (this is the meeting invite that worked as of 2/13/2020 https://zoom.us/j/244779296)

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

Date

12 Mar 2020 4PM UTC, 9AM PDT, 10AM MDT, 12AM EDT

Welcome/Introductions

Hyperledger is committed to creating a safe and welcoming community for all. For more information please visit our Code of Conduct: Hyperledger Code of Conduct

All activities should be conducted in accordance with the Antitrust Policy found here.

Attendees

• Name (Organization) <email>
• Steve McCown (Anonyome Labs) <smccown@anonyome.com>
• Richard Esplin (Evernym) <richard.esplin@evernym.com>
• Sam Curren  (Sovrin Foundation) <>
• Daniel Bachenheimer (Accenture) <daniel.bachenheimer@accenture.com>
• Ken Ebert (Sovrin Foundation) <ken@sovrin.org>
• Marvin Berstecher (esatus AG) <m.berstecher@esatus.com>

Announcements

• Internet Identity Workshop, April 28-30, (https://internetidentityworkshop.com)

Working Group Reports and Release Plans

• Main Identity WG
  • Meeting notes
  • Video recording posted from February 5 with Kim Cameron
    • 2020-02-05 meeting notes with Kim Cameron's slides
• Hyperledger Indy
  • Contributors Meeting
    • Collaboration on CI / CD, Indy-Aries-VDR, Indy Credx, Aries Credx, and Aries KMS
    • Update from Hyperledger Global Forum
    • Notes and recording
  • Indy Node
    • March: Small release: new rich schemas objects and some bug fixes. Also a statically linked ZMQ tool.
    • Slowing release cadence to every-other month.
  • Indy SDK
    
    • March: 1.14.4: Bug fixes and new features in LibVCX (Connection Redirect and Reject Proof)
    • Smaller releases because of focus on Aries Shared libraries.
  • Indy Catalyst
    • https://github.com/bcgov/indy-catalyst
    • Moving to Aries as the Aries Verifiable Credential Registry
  • Indy Semantics WG
    • ODCA pilots underway
    • The agenda, video, notes, etc. from the HL Indy Semantics WG call: 
• Hyperledger Aries
  • Aries Working Group meetings:
    • Meeting Agenda & Notes:  Aries Working Group
    • WG A: Discussion of Aries KMS.
    • WG B: meeting notes 2020-02-12-B Aries Working Group Call (US afternoon) 
      • Out of band protocol RFC forthcoming.  
    • Next WG A: Discussing Aries-Framework-Go. Notes and recordings
  • Aries Agents (Cloud Agent Python, Static Agent)
    • Cloud Agent Python
      • Release 0.4.1 is pending

        • This will be synchronously deployed with Streetcred, as both will be making a non-backwards compatible change to align with RFCs.

      • Launch of ACA-Py User Group (ACA-Pug) and #aries-cloudagent-python
    • Static Agent Python - Release 0.7.1 - Patch to accept base64url encoded values with or without padding
    • Toolbox - Various improvements including Transaction Author Agreement support for Indy ledgers requiring it
  • Aries Protocol Test Suite
    • Issue Credential and Present Proof tests done and ready for testing.
  • Aries Shared Libraries (agent storage, vdr, utils)
    • indy-vdr (Andrew Whitehead)  https://github.com/hyperledger/indy-vdr
      • Remaining work: Design doc, FFI, testing, CI / CD
      • As an Aries interface becomes standardized, will add that API layer
    • indy-credx / aries-credx
      • https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-credx-framework-rs
      • https://github.com/andrewwhitehead/indy-credx
    • Aries-Shared-Util
      • Pack / Unpack
      • Not started yet
    • Aries-KMS
      • Mike working on documentation and architecture as an Aries RFC (KMS architecture) and Ursa RFC (API)
        • PR is submitted: https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-rfcs/pull/440
          
      • Mike and Cam's aries-core-rs → aries-kms-mayaguez
        https://github.com/sovrin-foundation/aries-kms-rs
      • Indy wallet crate might move to start another aries-kms implementation → aries-kms-vostok
  • Aries Language Frameworks and SDKs (Go, Java, JavaScript, .NET, Ruby, Python)
• Hyperledger Ursa
  • RFC submitted for Crypto Construction Language (similar to bitcoin script) 
• Sovrin
  • Looking for volunteers to participate in new Sovrin task forces:
    • Sovrin Governance Framework Meeting link for new Task Force report:  
  • Network updates and extensions
  • Sovrin Governance Frameworks and Trust Architecture
    • Blog post on TAA: https://sovrin.org/how-the-recent-approval-of-the-sovrin-governance-framework-v2-affects-transaction-authors/
    • TAA is now enforced on Builder and Staging Net. Expected to be enforced on Main Net this week.
• DIF DIDComm Working Group
  • WG Rolling Agenda 
  • Outlining changes that are needed to Aries RFCs.
• W3C Standards
  • Verifiable Credentials Working Group
  • DID Working Group
    • DID Working Group Face-to-Face this week. Expect freeze to standard in May.
• Other?

Open Discussion

• Transaction Author writes to Indy, and GDPR compliance:
  
  • https://sovrin.org/gdpr-position-paper/
  • https://sovrin.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/What-Goes-On-The-Ledger.pdf
• Demo of ACAPy and Aries Toolbox Daniel Bluhm
  • https://github.com/hyperledger/aries-toolbox

Next Meeting Topics

Future Topics

• Kiva Demo – presentation by Cam Parra (Cam Parra)
• The ACA-Py REST API

Action items

Call Recording