Vaquero, AntonioSáenz, FernandoÁlvarez Vaquero, FranciscoDe Buenaga Rodríguez, ManuelMaglaveras, NicosChouvarda, IoannaKoutkias, VassilisBrause, Rüdiger2016-07-272016-07-272006Vaquero, A., Sáenz, F., Álvarez, F., & de Buenaga, M. (2006). Thinking precedes action: using software engineering for the development of a terminology database to improve access to biomedical documentation. In N. Maglaveras, I. Chouvarda, V. Koutkias & R. Brause (Eds.), International Symposium on Biological and Medical Data Analysis (ISBMDA) (pp. 207-218). Berlin: Springer.9783540680635978354068065903029743http://hdl.handle.net/11268/5494Relational databases have been used to represent lexical knowledge since the days of machine-readable dictionaries. However, although software engineering provides a methodological framework for the construction of databases, most developing efforts focus on content, implementation and time-saving issues, and forget about the software engineering aspects of software and database construction. We have defined a methodology for the development of lexical resources that covers this and other aspects, by following a sound software engineering approach to formally represent knowledge. Nonetheless, the conceptual model from which it departs has some major limitations that need to be overcome. Based on a short analysis of common problems in existing lexical resources, we present an upgraded conceptual model as a first step towards the methodological development of a hierarchically organized concept-based terminology database, to improve the access to medical information as part of the SINAMED and ISIS projects.engconference output10.1007/11946465_19restricted accessLingüísticaIngeniería del softwareBase de datosInformática