Oracle Report as data source in XMLP data template?

I use XML Publisher 5.6.3 in EBS 11.5.10
Is it possible to make an xml data template with an oracle report (rdf) as one of the sources of data? (I'm not saying create a Data Def with no Data Template attached... rather point the Data Template to an rdf, or it's xml output.)
I converted RAXINV.rdf (Invoice) to a data template and layout template. I had to replicate the data template portion of the oracle report and add our own fields to the queries because we have custom fields we want on the invoice report. I didn't want to modify the original rdf.
I am wondering if I could have avoided converting the entire data template portion of the rdf. My thought is that if I could make a data template that combines A) the xml output of the original rdf, together with B) our custom sql, I could eliminate the "rdf-to-data template" conversion step. This would have been a significant time savings, because making the converted data template actually work was no small task.
Any and all thoughts are welcome.

You need the source-data as XML for BIP.
You can use
1. RDF to generate xml.
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The ultimate aim is to get xml out of it, so consider both are same.
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