A view is equivalent to its source query.

Normalizing attributes results in storage savings, the tradeoff being additional complexity in source query joins.

The primary disadvantage of the snowflake schema is that the additional levels of attribute normalization adds complexity to source query joins, when compared to the star schema.

To help promote the line, Burress has made the usual news media rounds and started a Twitter account, @PlaxicosSocks, which he uses to crowd source queries like: "I think I may have to design a special pair of Limited Edition Black and Gold sock.

Several of Prometheus' inventions have made significant advances in the areas of data acquisition, integration, curation, and exploration including the open source query language, HTSQL, and the Open Source Research Exchange Database,OS RexDB (www.RexDB.org).