RE: [xml-dev] XML and the Relational Model (was Re: [xml-dev] A standard approach to glueing together ...)

Thomas B. Passin <> asks (among many other things):

> * Are there things in the XML world that are equivalent to 
> relational database views, and if so what are they and do 
> they have any advantages? Will xquery change this picture?  
> Would view equivalents make updates easier or harder?

I'd propose that an XPath statement in general can be considered the XML
equivalent to a view...