It’s just data
Don Box: Here's my suggestion for where to start. I won't even consider calling this a profile until consensus is reached over on Sam's site (he has comments, neither Dave nor I do)
Don, please update the last line of your proposal to point to this blog entry. I'll comment on it below.
Dave Winer: We could establish a profile of RSS 2.0 and implement strict compliance with that profile in the major blogging tools.
Excellent!
I can make sure that the RSS validator checks for compliance.
Luke Hutteman: Maybe my next pet-project should be SharpReader.py ;-)
Give it a try. If you like, you can use this as a starting point. If you'd like to collaborate, let me know.