Dimensional logical?
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You are sitting in a smoky bar and you hear some loud voices becoming louder at the other end of the bar. Two heavily tattooed data modelers were debating and now arguing with each other. You can easily hear their conversation. One of the modelers booms “A dimensional model is a physical data model!” The other modeler counters with “Wrong! A dimensional model is a logical data model and a star schema is a physical data model!”
You sense this argument will escalate into a bar brawl, and therefore you decide to intervene. You walk towards these two modelers and answer the question once and for all, “Is a dimensional model a logical data model?”
Yes or no, and explain your answer.