Subject-Oriented Data Base Instance

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A Subject-Oriented Data Base Instance is a data base instance that focuses on an organizational subject area.



References

2013

  • https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B10500_01/server.920/a96520/concept.htm
    • QUOTE: A common way of introducing data warehousing is to refer to the characteristics of a data warehouse as set forth by William Inmon: Subject Oriented, Integrated, Nonvolatile, [[Time Variant
      • Subject Oriented: Data warehouses are designed to help you analyze data. For example, to learn more about your company's sales data, you can build a warehouse that concentrates on sales. Using this warehouse, you can answer questions like "Who was our best customer for this item last year?" This ability to define a data warehouse by subject matter, sales in this case, makes the data warehouse subject oriented.