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Make ajax call
transform to a document fragment using xsl
the output html has an attribute data-foo="{\"sometag\":\"somedata\"}"
element.html(xmlserialized fragment) will create the new dom elements and insert them properly.
The quotes are properly escaped and window.JSON.parse on the string returns a json object.

However: $(element).data('foo') returns the string, not a json object.

It appears that when .html() loads the new element it perhaps does not make a call to detect data- attributes and update the data object?

Devs need to check this.  How would I let them know?

I'm using jQuery.each to iterate through an array of properties on a data object...  Example below.

$.each(this.data, function(key, val) {
      out = "<" + key + ">" + this.do_somethingwithval(val) + "</" + key + ">";
});

Obviously the "this.do_somethingwithval(val)" is a problem because context of "this" is changed within $.each.

I need a way to set the context within the $.each, or a means of changing "val" as it is passed in.

Any suggestions?