diff --git a/lib/ve b/lib/ve
index 6bd2ea52b5..b57d224ec0 160000
--- a/lib/ve
+++ b/lib/ve
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6bd2ea52b534cfa73b8fca9004021084a4225046
+Subproject commit b57d224ec06f582b1b73270c140a84a3450a0c27
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/tests/ce/ve.ce.ContentBranchNode.test.js b/modules/ve-mw/tests/ce/ve.ce.ContentBranchNode.test.js
index 2e00331a3a..485fcc51d8 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/tests/ce/ve.ce.ContentBranchNode.test.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/tests/ce/ve.ce.ContentBranchNode.test.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ QUnit.test( 'getRenderedContents', function ( assert ) {
 				['d', [ { type: 'textStyle/bold' } ]],
 				{
 					type: 'alienInline',
-					attributes: { domElements: $( '<tt>e</tt>' ).toArray() },
+					originalDomElements: $( '<tt>e</tt>' ).toArray(),
 					annotations: [ { type: 'textStyle/bold' } ]
 				},
 				{ type: '/alienInline' },
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/tests/dm/ve.dm.Transaction.test.js b/modules/ve-mw/tests/dm/ve.dm.Transaction.test.js
index e7f7846ed8..ff9b35347f 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/tests/dm/ve.dm.Transaction.test.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/tests/dm/ve.dm.Transaction.test.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ QUnit.module( 've.dm.Transaction (MW)' );
 QUnit.test( 'newFromDocumentInsertion with references', function ( assert ) {
 	var i, j, doc2, tx, actualStoreItems, expectedStoreItems, removalOps, doc,
 		complexDoc = ve.dm.mwExample.createExampleDocument( 'complexInternalData' ),
-		comment = { type: 'alienMeta', attributes: { domElements: $( '<!-- hello -->' ).get() } },
+		comment = { type: 'alienMeta', originalDomElements: $( '<!-- hello -->' ).toArray() },
 		withReference = [
 			{ type: 'paragraph' },
 			'B', 'a', 'r',
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/tests/dm/ve.dm.mwExample.js b/modules/ve-mw/tests/dm/ve.dm.mwExample.js
index a011229b17..dd19ee54b9 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/tests/dm/ve.dm.mwExample.js
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/tests/dm/ve.dm.mwExample.js
@@ -363,9 +363,7 @@ ve.dm.mwExample.withMeta = [
 	{ type: '/paragraph' },
 	{
 		type: 'mwAlienMeta',
-		attributes: {
-			domElements: $( '<meta property="mw:ThisIsAnAlien" />' ).toArray()
-		}
+		originalDomElements: $( '<meta property="mw:ThisIsAnAlien" />' ).toArray()
 	},
 	{ type: '/mwAlienMeta' },
 	{ type: 'paragraph' },
@@ -388,9 +386,7 @@ ve.dm.mwExample.withMeta = [
 	'r',
 	{
 		type: 'mwAlienMeta',
-		attributes: {
-			domElements: $( '<meta property="mw:foo" content="bar" />' ).toArray()
-		}
+		originalDomElements: $( '<meta property="mw:foo" content="bar" />' ).toArray()
 	},
 	{ type: '/mwAlienMeta' },
 	'B',
@@ -406,9 +402,7 @@ ve.dm.mwExample.withMeta = [
 	{ type: '/paragraph' },
 	{
 		type: 'mwAlienMeta',
-		attributes: {
-			domElements: $( '<meta property="mw:bar" content="baz" />' ).toArray()
-		}
+		originalDomElements: $( '<meta property="mw:bar" content="baz" />' ).toArray()
 	},
 	{ type: '/mwAlienMeta' },
 	{
@@ -438,9 +432,7 @@ ve.dm.mwExample.withMeta = [
 	{ type: '/mwCategory' },
 	{
 		type: 'mwAlienMeta',
-		attributes: {
-			domElements: $( '<meta typeof="mw:Placeholder" data-parsoid="foobar" />' ).toArray()
-		}
+		originalDomElements: $( '<meta typeof="mw:Placeholder" data-parsoid="foobar" />' ).toArray()
 	},
 	{ type: '/mwAlienMeta' },
 	{ type: 'internalList' },
@@ -467,15 +459,11 @@ ve.dm.mwExample.withMetaMetaData = [
 	[
 		{
 			type: 'alienMeta',
-			attributes: {
-				domElements: $( '<!-- No content conversion -->' ).toArray()
-			}
+			originalDomElements: $( '<!-- No content conversion -->' ).toArray()
 		},
 		{
 			type: 'mwAlienMeta',
-			attributes: {
-				domElements: $( '<meta property="mw:ThisIsAnAlien" />' ).toArray()
-			}
+			originalDomElements: $( '<meta property="mw:ThisIsAnAlien" />' ).toArray()
 		}
 	],
 	undefined,
@@ -498,27 +486,21 @@ ve.dm.mwExample.withMetaMetaData = [
 	[
 		{
 			type: 'mwAlienMeta',
-			attributes: {
-				domElements: $( '<meta property="mw:foo" content="bar" />' ).toArray()
-			}
+			originalDomElements: $( '<meta property="mw:foo" content="bar" />' ).toArray()
 		}
 	],
 	undefined,
 	[
 		{
 			type: 'alienMeta',
-			attributes: {
-				domElements: $( '<!-- inline -->' ).toArray()
-			}
+			originalDomElements: $( '<!-- inline -->' ).toArray()
 		}
 	],
 	undefined,
 	[
 		{
 			type: 'mwAlienMeta',
-			attributes: {
-				domElements: $( '<meta property="mw:bar" content="baz" />' ).toArray()
-			}
+			originalDomElements: $( '<meta property="mw:bar" content="baz" />' ).toArray()
 		},
 		{
 			type: 'comment',
@@ -538,9 +520,7 @@ ve.dm.mwExample.withMetaMetaData = [
 		},
 		{
 			type: 'mwAlienMeta',
-			attributes: {
-				domElements: $( '<meta typeof="mw:Placeholder" data-parsoid="foobar" />' ).toArray()
-			}
+			originalDomElements: $( '<meta typeof="mw:Placeholder" data-parsoid="foobar" />' ).toArray()
 		}
 	],
 	undefined,
@@ -661,13 +641,13 @@ ve.dm.mwExample.references = [
 	{ type: '/paragraph' },
 	{
 		type: 'mwReferencesList',
+		// orginalDomElements: HTML,
 		attributes: {
 			mw: {
 				name: 'references',
 				attrs: { group: 'g1' }
 			},
 			originalMw: '{"name":"references","attrs":{"group":"g1"}"}',
-			// domElements: HTML,
 			listGroup: 'mwReference/',
 			refGroup: ''
 		}
@@ -704,7 +684,7 @@ ve.dm.mwExample.references = [
 
 ve.dm.mwExample.complexInternalData = [
 	// 0
-	{ type: 'alienMeta', attributes: { domElements: $( '<!-- before -->' ).get() } },
+	{ type: 'alienMeta', originalDomElements: $( '<!-- before -->' ).toArray() },
 	{ type: '/alienMeta' },
 	{ type: 'paragraph' },
 	'F', ['o', [ve.dm.example.bold]], ['o', [ve.dm.example.italic]],
@@ -722,7 +702,7 @@ ve.dm.mwExample.complexInternalData = [
 	{ type: '/mwReference' },
 	// 6
 	{ type: '/paragraph' },
-	{ type: 'alienMeta', attributes: { domElements: $( '<!-- after -->' ).get() } },
+	{ type: 'alienMeta', originalDomElements: $( '<!-- after -->' ).toArray() },
 	{ type: '/alienMeta' },
 	// 7
 	{ type: 'internalList' },
@@ -732,7 +712,7 @@ ve.dm.mwExample.complexInternalData = [
 	{ type: 'paragraph', internal: { generated: 'wrapper' } },
 	'R', ['e', [ve.dm.example.bold]], 'f',
 	// 13
-	{ type: 'alienMeta', attributes: { domElements: $( '<!-- reference -->' ).get() } },
+	{ type: 'alienMeta', originalDomElements: $( '<!-- reference -->' ).toArray() },
 	{ type: '/alienMeta' },
 	'e', ['r', [ve.dm.example.italic]], ['e', [ve.dm.example.italic]],
 	// 16
@@ -754,22 +734,22 @@ ve.dm.mwExample.complexInternalData = [
 	{ type: '/internalItem' },
 	// 23
 	{ type: 'internalItem' },
-	{ type: 'alienMeta', attributes: { domElements: $( '<!-- beginning -->' ).get() } },
+	{ type: 'alienMeta', originalDomElements: $( '<!-- beginning -->' ).toArray() },
 	{ type: '/alienMeta' },
 	// 24
 	{ type: 'preformatted' },
-	{ type: 'alienMeta', attributes: { domElements: $( '<!-- inside -->' ).get() } },
+	{ type: 'alienMeta', originalDomElements: $( '<!-- inside -->' ).toArray() },
 	{ type: '/alienMeta' },
 	// 25
 	{ type: 'mwEntity', attributes: { character: '€' } },
 	// 26
 	{ type: '/mwEntity' },
 	'2', '5', '0',
-	{ type: 'alienMeta', attributes: { domElements: $( '<!-- inside2 -->' ).get() } },
+	{ type: 'alienMeta', originalDomElements: $( '<!-- inside2 -->' ).toArray() },
 	{ type: '/alienMeta' },
 	// 30
 	{ type: '/preformatted' },
-	{ type: 'alienMeta', attributes: { domElements: $( '<!-- end -->' ).get() } },
+	{ type: 'alienMeta', originalDomElements: $( '<!-- end -->' ).toArray() },
 	{ type: '/alienMeta' },
 	// 31
 	{ type: '/internalItem' },