Jena ConversionException while viewing owl:NamedIndividual as an OntClass

Question

I am getting the following Jena Named Individual Exception:

Cannot convert node http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#NamedIndividual 
to OntClass: it does not have rdf:type owl:Class or equivalent

I am unable to find some relevant answer to my problem. Is is due to OWL 2 incompatibility with OWL 1. What are the mitigation strategies available to me?

Answer 1

Yes, Jena doesn't support OWL2 at the moment. However, you can just call setStrictMode(false) on your OntModel, and it will allow you to view that resource as a class by switching off strict checking.