Because you already have a resource with a URI ex:Ape. If you want to say that this resource is an owl:Class and also ex:Species, just navigate to the resource you already have and add additional rdf:type statements.
On Sep 13, 2013, at 10:44 AM, Tadafumi Yoshihara <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to create our model in OWL 2 with TopBraid Composer. > I tried to write the following model but the OK button in the dialog window > for creating an instance > is not activated if the resource name is the same as any class. So I could > not create an instance > 'ex:Ape'. > > ex:Animal a owl:Class . > > ex:Ape rdf:type owl:Class ; > rdf:subClassOf ex:Animal . > > ex:Species a owl:Class. > > ex:Ape a ex:Species, > owl:NamedIndividual . > > I think the usage like this is supported in OWL 2 and TopBraid supports OWL 2. > > Why I cannot create an instance having the same name as a class? > > Thanks in advance, > > Tada > -- > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Group "TopBraid Suite Users", the topics of which include Enterprise > Vocabulary Network (EVN), TopBraid Composer, TopBraid Live, TopBraid Insight, > SPARQLMotion, SPARQL Web Pages and SPIN. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/topbraid-users?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TopBraid Suite Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group "TopBraid Suite Users", the topics of which include Enterprise Vocabulary Network (EVN), TopBraid Composer, TopBraid Live, TopBraid Insight, SPARQLMotion, SPARQL Web Pages and SPIN. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/topbraid-users?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TopBraid Suite Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
