2021-01-19 Meeting Page

2021-01-19 Meeting Page

19, January 2021  — 11:00 PT, 14:00 ET, 19:00 UTC, 20:00 CET

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RECORDING (North America / Europe)

Attendees

  • @Dan Gisolfi

  • @mathieu

  • @Sarah Olfert

  • @Claudia Grytz

  • @Drummond Reed

  • @JessicaTownsend

  • @Lynn Gray Bendixsen

  • @Cameron Boozarjomehri

Goals

  • Assign action items for next meeting

  • Establish work plan for WG deliverables and workflow guidance

  • Gather agenda suggestions for next meeting

Antitrust Policy

Agenda Items

Time

Item

Who

Notes

Time

Item

Who

Notes

1 min

Welcome

A. Kudra

 

2 mins

Antitrust Policy Notice

A. Kudra

 

5 mins

New Introductions

A. Kudra

  • None

2 mins

Review / Approve minutes from last meeting(s) (05-Jan-2021)

A. Kudra

  • Approved via consensus

10 mins

Announcements

A. Kudra

 

20 mins

Utility Project Status Updates

Utility Representatives

 

5 mins

Task Force SOS

M. Glaude

 

10 mins

Decision Points

A. Kudra

 

10 mins

Discussion Topics

A. Kudra

 

10 mins

Review Action and Open Items

A. Kudra

 

10 mins

Q&A

A. Kudra

 

Announcement Details

Resources
Sovrin Ledger Instrumentation and Monitoring Dashboard should be considered as a Best practice.
Indy DID Method Draft addresses new advancements in Key Mgmt and Ledger Discovery

Utility Projects

Bedrock

IDunion

Sovrin

Indicio

UFWG APAC Interlock

Meeting of APAC group is on Thursday, Jan-7 2021, 8 am CET
@Vinod Panicker confirmed in prep meeting that KOB is planning a Utility, KOB seeking ways to govern Utility without legal entity

Task Force SOS (Scrum of Scrums)

TF Name

Mission

Members

Status

TF Name

Mission

Members

Status

UFWG deliverables

Define and communicate to our UFWG deliverables and process. 

@mathieu  (lead) 

@Dan Gisolfi 

@Andre Kudra 

Drafted presentation available here

What are the deliverables of the UFWG? 
Who are the audience for each deliverable?
What is our deliverable process?

Utility Project Implementation Guide Task Force

Create the getting started guide for prospective Utility Projects.

@Lynn Gray Bendixsen  (lead) 

IG0029: Utility Project Guide

A new repo has been created and the TF has been issued its first objective.

TF is discussing outline and questions to be answered for prospective projects. 

Best Practices Task Force

Analyze Project Interviews, establish list of Best Practices and submit each BP using ToIP Deliverables Process.

@mathieu  (lead) 

@Dan Gisolfi 

@Claudia Grytz

@Lynn Gray Bendixsen

@Sarah Olfert

Draft CompleteDrafting framework for evaluating public identity utilities
In Progress Drafting v1 of three BP documents (based on feedback from interviews with decentralized PIU conveners/providers)*

BP0011 - Assessing Sustainability of a PIU
BP0012 - Determining Affordability of a PIU
BP0013 - Assessing Alignment to a PIU
Backlog
Dashboard Health / Network Monitoring (Example)

*At future point, consider consolidating all best practices into one comprehensive document

SUGGESTION: Interlocking with Saturn-V TF as a first user of these Best Practices.

Decentralization Task Force

Submit a BP deliverable and a design principle for what it means to be Decentralized. 

Jessica Townsend  (lead) 

@Dan Gisolfi 

@mathieu

What are the key attributes of a Decentralized Utility?
Should we consider / review the W3C DID Decentralization Rubric
Consider their dimensions for evaluation
Spectrum of Decentralization

 

Glossary Task Force

Generate a UFWG Glossary in collaboration with the CTWG.

@RJ Reiser (lead) 

Still pending CTWG process.

Decision Points

Utility Project List
Decision: Close PR; Request resubmission when more appropriate. 

Discussion Topics

None

Action items

 Call-for-Projects
All Layer 1 Project Stories need to be documented in GitHub
Any new projects? → See Discussion Topics
Education Topics for Presentations to be Scheduled

None
Set Agenda for next meeting
 

Open Items

Low priority items that failed gain volunteers to champion cause.

UFWG Sandbox Utility
 The members of the UFWG need to gain experience before writing guidelines and best practices.
Challenge: Create a Sample Utility comprised of 3-5 nodes for testing purposes using the Blockchain Automation Framework (BAF)
Goal: Leverage this research exercise as a way to create BAF artifacts for Hyperledger Indy
Tools: Bootstrapping Node Hosting - Learn BAF