• From: Jonathan Robie <jonathan.robie@s...>
• To: Ronald Bourret <rpbourret@r...>, xml-dev@l...
• Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 11:13:34 -0400

At 11:49 PM 10/19/2001 -0700, Ronald Bourret wrote:
>I think this is a very good point. Native XML databases look like a good
>way to integrate data from a variety of backends, and I think the
>winning native XML databases of the future will do this transparently
>and bi-directionally.

I definitely agree. Whether physical XML or a virtual view, data 
integration is one of the biggest reasons for XML, and providing database 
functionality for the XML view is one of the biggest reasons for an XML 
database.

Jonathan

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