Hi Rob,

I know at some stage SemWebU will get to Semantic DW / BI but is there a chance you could start a discussion thread on that topic now, please?

I want to know if anyone is building a Semantic DW/BI solution, how they plan to, or are, doing it, and specifically how they will handle (if they're even still relevant) things like slowly changing dimensions (3 types), calculated values, roll-ups, relative dates (YTD, MTD, Last-YTD, etc) and a thousand other nagging little questions.

Will some build an "old-fashioned" DW and BI cubes and map them with triples or will they go straight from transactional system to triple and somehow provide required DW / BI functionality? What other architectures are people considering? Data Virtualisation? In memory BI like SQL Server Power View or Excel PowerPivot? Etc, etc.

And finally, if anyone is linking DW / BI measures to unstructured data. Ex linking the $ in a G/L expense account to all invoices, contracts, suppliers, SLA's, email's, etc that provide supporting documentation to explain that $ value.

Just some thoughts, but have a real need.

All the best, @GregLBean