There are some that argue the best approach is to start with data marts, department by department, then merge them together to form a data warehouse- this is more in line with Kimballs approach. Now, Bill Inmon is an advocate of the Data warehouse. Here's one of his articles, which contains the following quote that makes it clear what he thinks about the idea: You can catch all the minnows in the ocean and stack them together and they still do not make a whale, Bill Inmon, January 8, 1998.
At night, the nocturnal slow loris will slowly climb around in the trees searching for food. Because of a slow lorises location (habitat), it has access to many fruits, plant matter, and insects including ants and termites. Slow lorises also eat plants that produce nectar, the gum (high glucose sap from trees) and even bird eggs. Their diet makes them primary and secondary consumers.
1 Water is the second factor necessary for animals to survive. 2  Make a list of different areas water can be obtained by animals. 3  Puddles, springs, streams, and ponds are places where animals can get water.  4 We've named two factors necessary for animals to survive: food and water. 5  There are two more. Omnivores can live in many places because they eat both plants and animals. 2  Have students name examples of each group. 3  List on overhead.  4 Now that we've discussed that animals need food to survive and the different types of food animals need, who can name the second factor necessary for animals to survive.