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A metro map metaphor for guided tours on the Web: the Webvise guided tour system

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Elmer S. Sandvad,

Kaj Grønbæk,

Lennert Sloth,

Jørgen Lindskov KnudsenAuthors Info & Claims

WWW '01: Proceedings of the 10th international conference on World Wide Web

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https://doi.org/10.1145/371920.372079

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