diff --git a/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/update/ask.sparql b/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/update/ask.sparql
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+PREFIX vitro: <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/0.7#> 
+PREFIX owl:   <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> 
+
+ASK {
+    <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/default/vitro-kb-2> vitro:updatedToOntology ?u .
+    ?u a owl:Thing .
+    ?u vitro:updatedOntology <http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core> .
+    ?u vitro:toOntologyVersion "1.0" .
+}
diff --git a/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/update/success.n3 b/productMods/WEB-INF/ontologies/update/success.n3
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+@prefix vitro: <http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/ns/vitro/0.7#> .
+@prefix owl:   <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
+
+<http://vitro.mannlib.cornell.edu/default/vitro-kb-2> vitro:updatedToOntology [
+    a owl:Thing ;
+    vitro:updatedOntology <http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core> ;
+    vitro:fromOntologyVersion "0.9" ;
+    vitro:toOntologyVersion "1.0" ;
+] .