[jQuery] Multi-Lingual Methodology

[jQuery] Multi-Lingual Methodology


Can I create custom HTML attributes and have Jquery/DOM support in
IE6+ ?
Example:
<a class="utilityLinks" href="index.html"
xmlVal="topNavLinkHome">Home</a> | <a class="utilityLinks" href="#"
xmlVal="topNavLinkLogin">Login</a>
The idea here is that I would fire a function on load that would
traverse the entire HTML document doing a unique lookup everywhere it
finds the xmlVal attribute and replacing the elements text value (with
a foreign language). The lookup would access a separate XML document
for the foreign language values.
I know this is not 100% jquery based, but once I determine what I want
to do is possible. I plan to learn how to do it using my existing
jQuery library in the web application.
Advice appreciated.