Bill Wimsatt (2/19/2008)
This article is so "motherhood and apple pie" it says nothing. I do not think the work normalize or denormalize is even used. The author also did not even mention conceptual, logical and physical modelling. These are all extremely important since most data modellers jump right to physical modelling and never understand the data of the application problem that is to be solved.Bill
I partially agree that the content was a little light, but at the same time, what is there is all well written and correct. The fact it includes a list of recommended texts is also a good point. When there are an incredible number of books published even on a fairly specialized topic like data modeling and data base administration, having a well thought out and vetting reading list is itself of great value.
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Timothy A Wiseman
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