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 <p>
 <a href="#what.is.uima-ducc">1. What is UIMA-DUCC?</a><br/>
 <a href="#major.changes">2. Major Changes in this Release</a><br/>
-</p>  
+<a href="#migration">3. Migration from a Prior Release</a><br/></p>  
    
 <h2><a name="what.is.uima-ducc">1. What is UIMA-DUCC?</a></h2>
 <p>
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 <a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20UIMA%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%20%222.1.0-Ducc%22%20">https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20UIMA%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%20%222.1.0-Ducc%22%20</a>
 </p> 
       
+<h2><a name="migration">3. Migration from a Prior Release</a></h2>
+An existing DUCC installation can be updated in place by using the <strong>ducc_update</strong>
+script which can be copied from the 
+<a href="http://uima.apache.org/downloads.cgi#Latest Official Releases">UIMA Downloads page</a>
+or extracted from the binary distribution.
+Additional steps are required to convert existing history and state files for database access.
+Details are in the INSTALL document and the DuccBook.
+<p>
+</p>
 
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 </html>