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From the jquery docs: 

Is there a way to make sure all setting through data() results in an actual update of the dom-element instead ?

Use case: I'm building a framework in which extensions (beyond my control) may use jquery data(). However the framework core itself doesn't use Jquery at all. Still the core needs to be able to get an up-to-date view of set data-attributes (by dom-inspection) 

How to accomplish this? 

Of course I could overwrite jquery data() if really needed, but I prefer something less hacky.

Thanks