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HTML
<form method="post">
<div id="#testdivv" data-hola="hello"></div>
<div id="user1"><div class="userEditor" style="border:1px solid gray;">
<input style="border:0px;width:600px;" type="text" onKeyUp="if(event.keyCode != 13 && event.keyCode != 40)userSuggest('user1');"/>
</div>
<div class="userSuggestions"></div>
<input name="IDList" class="hiddenPut" type="hidden" /></div>
</form>
<br/>
<br/>
Content of data-id: <span id="answer"></span>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
var id = "user1";
var ui = {
item: { userid : "someData", label: "some label" }
};
var ico = "<a href='#' class='deleteTag'>ClickThisDeleteTag</a>";
var x = "<span class='usertag' data-id='" + ui.item.userid + "'>" + ui.item.label+ " " + ico + "</span>";
$("#" + id + " .userEditor").prepend(x);
$("#" + id + " .userEditor .deleteTag").bind("click",function(){
$("#answer").html($(this).parent().data("id"));
});
});