2023-09-05 TSWG Meeting Notes

Owned by Drummond Reed
Last updated: Sept 06, 2023
5 min read

Meeting Date

  • The TSWG holds plenary meetings once every four weeks on Wednesdays. The remaining 2023 meeting dates are Oct 3, Oct 31, Nov 28.
  • Two meetings are held each Wednesday to accommodate global time zones:
    • NA/EU Meeting: 08:00-09:00 PT / 16:00-17:00 UTC
    • APAC Meeting: 18:00-19:00 PT / 02:00-03:00 UTC
  • See the ToIP Calendar for all meeting dates, times and logistics, including Zoom links.
  • See the ToIP Glossary Workspace for acronyms and terms.

Zoom Meeting Recording

Attendees

NA/EU:

APAC:

Agenda Items and Notes (including all relevant links)

TimeAgenda ItemLeadNotes
3 min
  • Start recording
  • Welcome & antitrust notice
  • Introduction of new members
  • Agenda review
Chairs
  • Antitrust Policy Notice: Attendees are reminded to adhere to the meeting agenda and not participate in activities prohibited under antitrust and competition laws. Only members of ToIP who have signed the necessary agreements are permitted to participate in this activity beyond an observer role.
  • New Members:
  • Jorge Flores Entidad founder - OWF Labs code
10 minGeneral announcementsAll

Updates from TSWG members of general interest to the group.

2 minReview of action items from the previous meetingChairs
  • ACTION: Drummond Reed will: a) send an email to the TSWG mailing list proposing to move our TSWG Plenary meeting to every fourth Tuesday with two meeting slots: NA/EU at 08:00-09:00 PT / 15:00-16:00 UTC, and APAC at 18:00-19:00 PT / 02:00-03:00 UTC, b) coordinate with W3C VC WG co-chair Brent Zundel to schedule those meetings so they don't conflict with W3C VC WG special meetings that happen at that same time every two weeks.
  • ACTION: Drummond Reed will contact the proposers of the DID WebS Method Task Force to clarify the licensing listed in the charter.

This action item resulted in the agenda item below.

5 minReminder of IPR Mode Transition & Call for ExclusionsChairs

As announced by Judith Fleenor on 25 August 2023 in an email to all members, the TSWG is transitioning from its current IPR mode (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 for copyright, W3C Mode for patents, Apache 2.0 for source code) to a new IPR mode (Open Web Foundation 1.0 for copyright and patent, Apache 2.0 for source code). 

On 23 August 2023, the ToIP Steering Committee passed a resolution approving this rechartering that directed the Executive Director and the TSWG Co-Chairs to take the following steps to carry out this resolution:

  1. Send an announcement to the TSWG mailing list and the ToIP All-Members mailing list of a revision to the TSWG charter together with a 60 day notice of a Call for Exclusions for all current TSWG deliverables as specified in the W3C Patent Policy.
  2. At the end of the 60 day period, send an announcement to the same mailing lists of an official closure of the current TSWG, terminating all work on deliverables under the current IPR terms.
  3. On the 61st day, send an announcement to the same mailing lists of the official opening of a new TSWG operating under the new IPR terms.
  4. The TSWG shall then officially accept any previous deliverable that will continue under the new Working Group.

ACTION: ALL TSWG MEMBERS: If anyone wishes to declare any patent claim exclusions on work contributed to existing TSWG deliverables, you must do so by submitting the exclusion as required in the Call for Exclusions before midnight Pacific Time on 25 October 2023.

Also, after the IPR changes come into effect, we need an action item to update existing GitHub repositories hosting specification text (ACDC etc.) to contain an OWF1.0 license.

5 minNomination of new TSWG Co-ChairChairs

Kevin Griffin has volunteered to join Darrell O'Donnell and Drummond Reed as a third co-chair of the TSWG.

DECISION: Kevin Griffin was approved unanimously and welcomed as a co-chair of the Technology Stack Working Group.

20 minTask Force ReportsTF Leads

Technology Architecture TF — Wenjing Chu  Drummond Reed

  • One of the three major tasks remaining (use cases, glossary, and 3rd generation ToIP stack diagram) is done! See the agenda item below.
  • Work on the glossary is ongoing and should be completed later this month.
  • The same for the 3rd generation ToIP stack diagram, for which the new ToIP blog post about the Trust Spanning Protocol (see below) is a key input.

Trust Registry TF — Andor Antti Kettunen  Darrell O'Donnell

  • Work has split into two main efforts:
    1. Trust Registry Protocol - getting to a v2 of the TRP
    2. Profile Concept - how can a DID provide an indication of what services it provides? Extends DID Core specification (informally - using existing data structures)

Trust Spanning Protocol TF — Drummond Reed Wenjing Chu Sam Smith 

ACDC TF — Sam Smith Philip Feairheller 

  • Updates to bring in new OWF license
  • Formatting clean-up across all specifications
  • Review of Selective Disclosure methods within ACDC.

AI & Metaverse (AIM) Technology TF — Wenjing Chu Vikas Malhotra 

Credential Exchange Protocols TF — mathieu 

  • sankarshan reported this TF is currently gathering input on the four main CX protocols it has identified. 

did:webs TF - TF Leaders TBD

  • Current discussions in slack: #provisional-tswg-dw-tf 

ACTION: Drummond Reed to send an email to the TSWG mailing list notifying all TSWG members of a 7 day review period for the proposed DID WebS Method Task Force, followed by a 7-day email vote seeing if there are any objections.

ACTION: did:webs Task Force leads to contact Michelle Janata to add their Friday meeting onto ToIP calendar once the Task Force is officially approved.

10 minExample Use Cases for the ToIP StackDrummond Reed 

We finally have a complete writeup of capsule descriptions for 27 example use cases for the ToIP stack (note: this is a Google doc accessible to all ToIP members).

This write-up is intended as the complete text for section 5 of the ToIP Technology Architecture Specification.

ACTION: ALL TSWG MEMBERS — please review and comment on the Example Use Cases for the ToIP Stack as soon as you can. 

5 minToIP Glossary WorkspaceDrummond Reed 

Drummond reported that work on the ToIP Glossary Workspace will go on this month to advance it to a Public Review Draft.

Marcus Ubani asked if it will include acronyms. Drummond confirmed it would, and asked Marcus to please add any acronyms he finds missing.

Judith Fleenor suggested that, once the ToIP Glossary is ready, we add a link to it to all our wiki pages and Meeting Notes templates.

5 min
  • Review decisions/action items
  • Planning for next meeting 
ChairsOur next plenary meeting is in four weeks on October 3rd.

Decisions

  • DECISION: Kevin Griffin was approved unanimously and welcomed as a co-chair of the Technology Stack Working Group.

Action Items

  • ACTION: ALL TSWG MEMBERS: If anyone wishes to declare any patent claim exclusions on work contributed to existing TSWG deliverables, you must do so by submitting the exclusion as required in the Call for Exclusions before midnight Pacific Time on 25 October 2023.

  • ACTION: Drummond Reed to send an email to the TSWG mailing list notifying all TSWG members of a 7 day review period for the proposed DID WebS Method Task Force, followed by a 7-day email vote seeing if there are any objections.

  • ACTION: did:webs Task Force leads to contact Michelle Janata to add their Friday meeting onto ToIP calendar once the Task Force is officially approved.

  • ACTION: ALL TSWG MEMBERS — please review and comment on the Example Use Cases for the ToIP Stack as soon as you can.