2025 Hyperledger Aries Annual Review

[swcurran]

Signed-off-by: Stephen Curran [email protected]

[tkuhrt]

TAC Reviewers: @tkuhrt (Primary) @hendrikebbers (secondary)

[tkuhrt]

Here are the remaining public (not archived) Aries repositories:

• aries-rfcs
• aries
• aries-vcx
• aries-framework-swift
• aries-uniffi-wrappers
• aries-framework-kotlin
• aries-bbs-go
• aries-bbssignatures-rs

From the above list, it appears that the first three have been modified in the last month, and the rest sometime in 2024. Is the intent to move the first three to OWF and to archive the rest? If so, we can start the archive process now.

[hendrikebbers]

To do a review I need some more background regarding the transition to OpenWallet Foundation. @tkuhrt @swcurran who can help me. We maybe can discuss in TAC meeting or by a short call.

[swcurran]

@tkuhrt , here is the expected disposition:

• aries-rfcs — in process of being moved to the DIDComm Working Group at DIF. The repo move is a bit problematic — hoping to see if we can get some lenience to make the move a bit easier.
• aries — this is an umbrella repo created at the start of LFDT. Archive.
• aries-vcx — the maintainers plan to apply to move this Rust framework to OWF.
  aries-framework-swift — maintainer wants to keep it active a bit longer to see if a move to OWF makes sense, or to just archive it.
  aries-uniffi-wrappers — same as above (Swift)
  aries-framework-kotlin — same as above (Swift)
  aries-bbs-go — no response from the maintainer. I assume archive, but don’t know.
  aries-bbssignatures-rs — archive.

[swcurran]

To do a review I need some more background regarding the transition to OpenWallet Foundation. @tkuhrt @swcurran who can help me. We maybe can discuss in TAC meeting or by a short call.

Happy to go over this. Basically, Aries was a set of frameworks that implemented the “Aries Interop Profiles” (1, 2) that consisted of DIDComm, AnonCreds, and a set of DIDComm protocols — really good stuff. Over time, one Framework (Go) lost it’s maintainers (the SecureKey team that went to Gen), and the rest migrated over to the OpenWallet Foundation. At this point, all except Aries VCX and the Swift/Kotlin frameworks have moved, with the Aries VCX planned for Real Soon Now. As such, Aries can be archived.

[JamesKEbert]

FYI here's the proposal for the Aries VCX move to OWF - openwallet-foundation/project-proposals#54

[tkuhrt]

Reviewed and agreed to archive during the February 13, 2025 meeting