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
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