Edit, updated
Following Regent
Try (v3)
html
<input id="selected" list="browsers" name="browser">
<datalist id="browsers">
<option data-value="InternetExplorer" value="1"></option>
<option data-value="Firefox" value="2"></option>
<option data-value="Chrome" value="3"></option>
<option data-value="Opera" value="4"></option>
<option data-value="Safari" value="5"></option>
</datalist>
<input id="submit" type="submit">
js
$(document).ready(function() {
var data = {};
$("#browsers option").each(function(i,el) {
data[$(el).data("value")] = $(el).val();
});
// `data` : object of `data-value` : `value`
console.log(data, $("#browsers option").val());
$('#submit').click(function()
{
var value = $('#selected').val();
alert($('#browsers [value="' + value + '"]').data('value'));
});
});
jsfiddle http://jsfiddle.net/guest271314/j7ehtqjd/13/