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

[Jeff Lowery <Jeff.Lowery@creo.com>]

> Let's see, a view can combine data atoms from different tables, based on
> some join conditions.  Could an XML view could combine infoset items from
> different documents, or just from different elements within a single
> document?

I wouldn't say a document is equivalent to a table, nor would I say a
document is equivalent to a database.  A document model could be considered
equivalent to a database model, and a document instance therefore equivalent
to a database view.