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You can use arrays and hashes in HTML5 data attributes. Use JSON.parse, and make sure you're using single quotes around the brackets and double quotes inside the brackets.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="animals" data-animals='["cat", "dog", "bird"]'></div>
<div id="vehicles" data-vehicles='{"motorcycle":"Harley", "car":"Herbie", "steamshovel":"Mike"}'></div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
$(function(){
var a = JSON.parse($('#animals').attr('data-animals'))[0];
$('#animals').html(a);
var v = JSON.parse($('#vehicles').attr('data-vehicles')).car;
$('#vehicles').html(v);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
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