The following code shows how to show popover for an anchor.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'
src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.1.js'></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.2/css/bootstrap-combined.min.css">
<script type='text/javascript'
src="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>//<![CDATA[
$(function() {<!-- w w w .ja v a 2s.c o m-->
$('#tip').popover('show');
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<a href="#" id="tip" data-toggle="popover" data-placement="right"
title="first tooltip">hover over me</a>
</body>
</html>