my %hash = ( rules => {name => '"required"',
                       email => { required => true, email => true }
                      },
             message => { name => '"Please specify your name"',
               email => { required => '"We need your email address to contact you"',
                  email => '"Your email address must be in the format of name@domain.com"', }
              }
 );
 
##</code><code>##

  rules: {
    name: "required",
    email: {
      required: true,
      email: true
    }
  },
  messages: {
    name: "Please specify your name",
    email: {
      required: "We need your email address to contact you",
      email: "Your email address must be in the format of name@domain.com"
    }
  }