Alternative text

[dirkroorda]

There are several cases where not all element text must be shown at the same time.

What shall we do with

<choice><abbr>x</abbr><expan>y</expan></choice>

<choice><orig>x</orig><reg>y</reg></choice>

<choice><unclear>x</unclear><unclear>y</unclear></choice>

<del>x</del><add>y</add>

[pboot]

Del and add are not alternatives. Please show del als crossed out, add in green text.
For <choice><orig>x</orig><reg>y</reg></choice>: show reg content as text, orig as alt text (originally: 'x')
For <choice><abbr>x</abbr><expan>y</expan></choice>: show expan content in text, show abbr in alt text (originally: 'x')
For <choice><unclear>x</unclear><unclear>y</unclear></choice>: show first unclear content in text, show second in alt text (or perhaps: 'y').

These choices are provisional; when editors can see the result they may be reversed or changed. It is also possible that we'll want the representation to depend on the user's preferences.

[dirkroorda]

Still need clarification as how to render alt text on the interface.

[Beatrice-nava]

Hi!

Leo and Wietse are not very interested in how to include the original and the alt text. They just want to present the edited text by default and then give the readers the possibility to see the alt text and keep it displayed as long as they want.
We can think to a global option by which the reader can choose from (a) display the main text and hide the alt text (b) the other way around (c) (but this is not a priority) display both in such a way that the reader can see what is main and what is alt.