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Inmon versus Kimball

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This link is to an article comparing the Corporate Information Factory (Inmon) approach with the Dimensional Bus Architecture (Kimball) approach to data warehousing.



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The trouble with doing something right the first time is that noboby appreciates how difficult it was.
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Good read, thank you for posting.

While I tend to agree with the author, keep in mind this was written by the president of the Kimball Group and thus isn't a wholly unbiased review.
 
If you are into dimensional modeling you might want to read some articles by Neil Raden. His website is:
 
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