# Declare the Dialect

> A technique for binding a file extension to the case splitter its language uses.

Record: `lexicon:declare-the-dialect`
Kind: technique
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-declare-the-dialect

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Remove the Copies](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/remove-the-copies.md) and before [Rename to the Case's Word Run](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/rename-to-the-case-s-word-run.md).

## Category

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/taxonomy-classification-naming.md)

## Refactors

- [Case Dialect](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/case-dialect.md)

## Linked from

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-taxonomy-classification-naming.md)