I am trying to use HTML5 data- attributes in my ASP.NET MVC 1 project. (I am a C# and ASP.NET MVC newbie.)

 <%= Html.ActionLink("« Previous", "Search",
     new { keyword = Model.Keyword, page = Model.currPage - 1},
     new { @class = "prev", data-details = "Some Details"   })%>

The "data-details" in the above htmlAttributes give the following error:

 CS0746: Invalid anonymous type member declarator. Anonymous type members 
  must be declared with a member assignment, simple name or member access.

It works when I use data_details, but I guess it need to be starting with "data-" as per the spec.

My questions:

• Is there any way to get this working and use HTML5 data attributes with Html.ActionLink or similar Html helpers ?
• Is there any other alternative mechanism to attach custom data to an element? This data is to be processed later by JS.