i think you dont want to have different tooltips on the same element
so just use selectors and classes to choose wich tooltip is used for wich element
<a class="selector">dasdasdsa</a>
<span class="selector2">dadasasdasdas</span>
$(".selector" ).tooltip({
items: "[data-tooltip]",
content: function() {
return $(this).data("tooltip");
},
show: 100,
hide: 100
});
$(".selector2" ).tooltip({
show: 100,
hide: 100
});