[transition] REC Request for Web Share API

REC Request for Web Share API
from https://github.com/w3c/transitions/issues/506

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# Document title, URLs, estimated publication date
Web Share API
https://www.w3.org/TR/web-share/
23 May 2023

# Abstract
This specification defines an API for sharing text, links and other content to an arbitrary destination of the user's choice.

The available share targets are not specified here; they are provided by the user agent. They could, for example, be apps, websites or contacts.

# Status
This document was published by the [Web Applications Working Group](https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/webapps) as a Recommendation using the [Recommendation track](https://www.w3.org/2021/Process-20211102/#recs-and-notes).
W3C recommends the wide deployment of this specification as a standard for the Web.

A W3C Recommendation is a specification that, after extensive consensus-building, is endorsed by W3C and its Members, and has commitments from Working Group members to [royalty-free licensing](https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy/#sec-Requirements) for implementations. Future updates to this Recommendation may incorporate [new features](https://www.w3.org/2021/Process-20211102/#allow-new-features).

This document was produced by a group operating under the [W3C Patent Policy](https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy/). W3C maintains a [public list of any patent disclosures](https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/webapps/ipr) made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains [Essential Claim(s)](https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy/#def-essential) must disclose the information in accordance with [section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy](https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy/#sec-Disclosure).
This document is governed by the [2 November 2021 W3C Process Document](https://www.w3.org/2021/Process-20211102/).

# Link to group's decision to request transition
https://github.com/w3c/web-share/issues/272

# Wide Review
- [APA](https://github.com/w3c/strategy/issues/145)
- [TAG](https://github.com/w3ctag/design-reviews/issues/170)
- [I18n](https://github.com/w3c/i18n-request/issues/129)  ([1 issue](https://github.com/w3c/web-share/issues/6) reported, but closed because of nothing actionable)
- [Privacy](https://github.com/w3cping/privacy-request/issues/12) (2 issues reported, already addressed)
- [Security](https://github.com/w3c/security-request/issues/17) (2 issues reported, already addressed)

# Dependencies
Web Share API contains normative references to the Permissions Policy spec, which still lacks interoperable implementations. The group decided to update the Web Share API  spec to make Permissions-Policy HTTP header optional.  If that situation changes in the future, we will update the spec accordingly.

# Issues addressed
All the outstanding issues for Web Share API were resolved, the https://github.com/w3c/web-share/issues/108 in the repo is just for advisory.

# Link to internal AC Review results
https://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/33280/PR-web-share/results

# Formal Objections
The proposed Recommendation review resulted in 1 Formal Objection and a few suggested changes.

The Working Group [satisfied](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/member-charters-review/2023May/0001.html) the Formal Objection from Mozilla by adopting https://github.com/w3c/web-share/pull/275, https://github.com/w3c/web-share/pull/274, and https://github.com/w3c/web-share/pull/273.





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