I don't think they own it as such but they set the standards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web_Consortium
You need the code you posted above so it knows what version of HTML/XHTML you're using so it can check if it's valid (if you choose to validate your code).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web_Consortium
You need the code you posted above so it knows what version of HTML/XHTML you're using so it can check if it's valid (if you choose to validate your code).
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