Web Share API
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The Web Share API is a web platform feature that lets websites invoke a device’s native sharing capabilities to share text, links, and files with other apps.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Web Share API canonical | 3 |
| Web Share Target API | 2 |
| Web Share API specification | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10329255 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Web Share API Context triple: [Open Web Platform, hasComponent, Web Share API]
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A.
Nearby Share
Nearby Share is Google's proximity-based file sharing feature that lets users quickly and wirelessly send files, links, and other content between nearby Android and ChromeOS devices.
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B.
Media Source Extensions
Media Source Extensions is a W3C specification that enables web applications to generate and control media streams for playback via HTML5 video and audio elements, supporting features like adaptive streaming and dynamic content insertion.
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C.
Share My World
Share My World is the third studio album by American R&B singer Mary J. Blige, noted for its blend of soulful vocals and hip-hop-influenced production.
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D.
VanShare
VanShare is a ridesharing program that coordinates shared van transportation for commuters, typically as a flexible or last-mile complement to traditional vanpool services.
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E.
WeTransfer
WeTransfer is a cloud-based file transfer service that enables users to easily send large files over the internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Web Share API Target entity description: The Web Share API is a web platform feature that lets websites invoke a device’s native sharing capabilities to share text, links, and files with other apps.
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A.
Nearby Share
Nearby Share is Google's proximity-based file sharing feature that lets users quickly and wirelessly send files, links, and other content between nearby Android and ChromeOS devices.
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B.
Media Source Extensions
Media Source Extensions is a W3C specification that enables web applications to generate and control media streams for playback via HTML5 video and audio elements, supporting features like adaptive streaming and dynamic content insertion.
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C.
Share My World
Share My World is the third studio album by American R&B singer Mary J. Blige, noted for its blend of soulful vocals and hip-hop-influenced production.
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D.
VanShare
VanShare is a ridesharing program that coordinates shared van transportation for commuters, typically as a flexible or last-mile complement to traditional vanpool services.
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E.
WeTransfer
WeTransfer is a cloud-based file transfer service that enables users to easily send large files over the internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Browser API
ⓘ
Web API ⓘ Web platform feature ⓘ |
| allows | invoking native sharing capabilities ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory | Device integration APIs ⓘ |
| definedIn |
Web Share API specification
ⓘ
linked to:
Web Share API
|
| designedFor |
mobile web browsers
ⓘ
progressive web apps ⓘ |
| documentationURL |
https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Navigator/share
ⓘ
https://wicg.github.io/web-share/ ⓘ |
| enables |
sharing files to messaging apps
ⓘ
sharing from web to native apps ⓘ sharing links to social apps ⓘ |
| exposesMethod |
navigator.canShare
ⓘ
navigator.share ⓘ |
| featureDetectableVia |
"navigator.canShare" in navigator
ⓘ
"navigator.share" in navigator ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Level 1
ⓘ
Level 2 ⓘ |
| implementedIn |
Chrome
ⓘ
linked to:
Google Chrome
Edge ⓘ Opera ⓘ Safari ⓘ Samsung Internet ⓘ |
| integratesWith | device native share sheet ⓘ |
| level2Adds | file sharing support ⓘ |
| limitations |
file types may be restricted by platform
ⓘ
maximum payload size may be constrained by platform ⓘ |
| notFullySupportedIn |
Firefox
ⓘ
linked to:
Mozilla Firefox
|
| partOf |
Web Platform
ⓘ
linked to:
Web platform
|
| primaryGoal | enable cross-app content sharing from web pages ⓘ |
| privacyCharacteristic | does not reveal available share targets to website ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Web Share Target API
ⓘ
linked to:
Web Share API
|
| requires |
HTTPS
ⓘ
secure context ⓘ user gesture to invoke share ⓘ |
| runsIn | web browser ⓘ |
| securityModel | user-initiated share only ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
W3C
ⓘ
linked to:
World Wide Web Consortium
|
| supports |
sharing URLs
ⓘ
sharing files ⓘ sharing text ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Android
ⓘ
desktop operating systems ⓘ iOS ⓘ |
| uses | Promise-based asynchronous interface ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Web Share API Description of subject: The Web Share API is a web platform feature that lets websites invoke a device’s native sharing capabilities to share text, links, and files with other apps.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Web Share API
linked to: Web Share API
linked to: Web Share API