Custom File "Kind" in Finder

Hi Everyone,
I quite like using the columns view in Finder, with the files grouped by "kind" and then sorted within each "kind" by name. So when I open a folder, I see all the spreadsheets, documents, PDFs, etc. in nice groups, and each group is sorted alphabetically. As an ex-Windows guy, I must admit it took me some time to find the Finder view I was most comfortable with.
Here's my question. My company develops a piece of software that creates / uses files that end with a ".bwc" extension. It seems that Finder happily thinks of these as "documents", and it groups them under the document heading. This is fine if there are no "real" documents (e.g. Word docs) in the same folder; however, what I'd really like to be able to do is make up my own grouping definition for ".bwc" files, so that they get grouped on their own - not mixed in with actual documents.
Anyone know if this is possible?

So I've looked at this a bit further and have some more thoughts...when I click on "Get Info" for various file types, the "kind" of file is listed near the top. For example, if I choose Get Info for a *.png file, it tells me the "kind" is Portable Network Graphics Image. If I choose Get Info for a *.tiff file, it tells me the "kind" is a TIFF Image.  Both of these are grouped under the "Image" group when I sort by Kind in Finder.
When I choose Get Info for my *.bwc files, it tells me the "kind" is a BWC file. Makes sense.  However, somewhere on this Mac, there is a definition of what file types are included in the "kind" label Image, the "kind" label "Document", etc.
What I would like very much is to either remove the BWC files from the "Document" kind definition, or make up my own "kind" definition that includes only my BWC files.

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    I would like to change the file's kind description from "HTML Document" to "PHP Source File". I have done a lot of digging and searching via Google to find a solution to this and I have not found anything that describes how to do this.
    Is there a way under OS X to change the file kind description?

    Hello jk:
    I do not use those files, but I suggest you do a Google search on "PHP." There is a lot of information there.
    Barry

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