Further reading
In this chapter, we have introduced many modeling styles and architectures.
The following books are good starting points to learn more about those subjects.
Data modeling:
- A set of books providing a library of universal data models:
Len Silverston, The Data Model Resource Book.
John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2001, ISBN 978-0471380238
Kimball data model:
- The self-declared definitive guide from the creator itself:
Ralph Kimball & Margy Ross, The Data Warehouse Toolkit.
Wiley, 2013, ISBN 978-1118530801
Inmon design style:
- The foundational book from the father of data warehousing:
W. H. Inmon, Building the Data Warehouse.
Wiley, 2005, ISBN 978-0764599446
Unified Star Schema:
- The book that introduced the USS. It is also a good source of information about model issues such as fan and chasm traps. The first part is an updated vision of the Inmon style, from Bill Inmon himself:
Bill Inmon &...
