OTF (1/21/2013)
That would be an incorrect term for them.
Nevertheless, it's a term I've seen used by some authors to explain the concepts of Indexes.
I guess only the OP knows whether the term was used as it relates to XML Indexes or Indexes in general.
It's common and correct for Oracle users to speak that way about indexes, maybe other DBMS' too, but not for SQL Server users. I would hope that an author writing about SQL Server whose work passed through a technical editor did not publish anything discussing "secondary indexes."
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