--- title: Step 2: Creating a lexical model project --- ## Create the new project Start Keyman Developer. On the “Welcome” screen, click on **New Project...**. The “New Project” dialog will appear. Select “Wordlist Lexical Model” and press **OK**.
![“New Project” dialog](../../../images/ui/frmNewLMProject.png) ###### The “New Project” dialog, with “Wordlist Lexical Model” selected.
## Provide required information
![New LM Project Parameters](../../../images/ui/frmNewLMProjectParameters.png) ###### The New Lexical Model dialog box.
The “New Wordlist Lexical Model Project” dialog will appear. To make sharing your lexical model easier, a project needs the following information: Author Name : This is either your **full name** or the **organization** you're creating a model for. In this example, I am creating a lexical model on behalf of my organization, the National Research Council Canada, so I write that as the author name. Model Name : We recommend the name of the **language**, **dialect**, or **community** that this model is intended for. The name must be written in all the Latin letters or Arabic numerals. In this example, we're creating a language model for SENĆOŦEN, so we use the model name `Sencoten`. ### Provide auxiliary information The following information is also required, but most users will use **default values**. Copyright : Who owns the rights to this model and its data? This field should contain the word "Copyright", the copyright symbol "©", and the full name of the rights owner. Do not put the year of copyright in this field (see Full Copyright). Typically, you can use the automatically generated default value: *Copyright © **Your Full Name or Your Organization***. Version : If this is the first time you've created a lexical model for you language, you should leave the version as **1.0**. Otherwise, your version number must conform to the following rules: A version string made of `major revision number`.`minor revision number`. ## Determine your language's BCP 47 language tag Keyman needs to know how to link your model to the appropriate keyboard layout, so that they can both work together. To do this, Keyman utilizes [BCP 47](../../../reference/bcp-47) language tags. To add a language tag, click the **Add** button to bring up the “Select BCP 47 Tag” dialog box.
![Select BCP 47 Tag dialog](../../../images/ui/frmNewLMProjectSelectLanguage.png) ###### The “Select BCP 47 Tag” dialog box for SENĆOŦEN.
Enter the BCP 47 language tag that you have selected. [Learn more about BCP 47 language tags](../../../reference/bcp-47) Once you are finished adding the primary language, click **OK** to return to the **New Lexical Model Project dialog**. ## The Model ID Keyman will create a **model ID** which is how Keyman sorts and organizes different lexical models. If you choose to share your model publicly, the model ID is vital for both people and Keyman to identify and use your lexical model! Keyman automatically generates a model ID for you, given all the information already filled out. If you're satisfied with the generated model ID, you can [skip to the next step](#toc-double-check-the-information). In this example, my generated model ID is `national_research_council_canada.str.sencoten`, derived from my organization name, the name of the primary language, and my model name. However, I find the “author ID” part of the generated model ID excessively long. I changed the author ID to `nrc`, and the model ID automatically changes to the much more manageable `nrc.str.sencoten`. ## Double-check the information Verify that all of the information is correct. Once all of the required information has been filled in and verified, click **OK** to create the project. Once we have created the project, we can begin to prepare the data! [Step 3: Get some language data](step-3)