diff --git a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/BasicAuthorizationEngine.java b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/BasicAuthorizationEngine.java
index 2f47e51..fd8666c 100644
--- a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/BasicAuthorizationEngine.java
+++ b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/BasicAuthorizationEngine.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ private static class AuthorizationRequest extends com.cedarpolicy.model.Authoriz
                     request.context,
                     request.schema,
                     request.enableRequestValidation);
-            this.slice = new BasicSlice(policySet.policies, entities, policySet.templates, policySet.templateInstantiations);
+            this.slice = new BasicSlice(policySet.policies, entities, policySet.templates, policySet.templateLinks);
         }
     }
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ private static final class PartialAuthorizationRequest {
 
         PartialAuthorizationRequest(com.cedarpolicy.model.PartialAuthorizationRequest request, PolicySet policySet, Set<Entity> entities) {
             this.request = request;
-            this.slice = new BasicSlice(policySet.policies, entities, policySet.templates, policySet.templateInstantiations);
+            this.slice = new BasicSlice(policySet.policies, entities, policySet.templates, policySet.templateLinks);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/Instantiation.java b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/LinkValue.java
similarity index 90%
rename from CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/Instantiation.java
rename to CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/LinkValue.java
index cf3ba9d..07c5f23 100644
--- a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/Instantiation.java
+++ b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/LinkValue.java
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 
-/** Instantiation for policy template. */
-public class Instantiation {
+/** Link for policy template. */
+public class LinkValue {
     private final String slot;
     private final EntityTypeAndId value;
 
     /**
-     * Instantiation for policy template.
+     * Link for policy template.
      *
      * @param slot the slot in the template.
      * @param value the value to put in the slot
      */
     @JsonCreator
-    public Instantiation(
+    public LinkValue(
             @JsonProperty("slot") String slot, @JsonProperty("value") EntityTypeAndId value) {
         this.slot = slot;
         this.value = value;
diff --git a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/Policy.java b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/Policy.java
index 50ef7b6..edfaea5 100644
--- a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/Policy.java
+++ b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/Policy.java
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ public static Policy parsePolicyTemplate(String templateStr)  throws InternalExc
     }
 
     /**
-     * This method takes in a Policy and a list of Instantiations and calls Cedar JNI to ensure those slots
-     * can be used to instantiate the template. If the Template is validated ahead of time by using Policy.parsePolicyTemplate
-     * and the Instantiations are also ensured to be valid (for example, by validating their parts using EntityTypeName.parse
-     * and EntityIdentifier.parse), then this should only fail because the slots in the template don't match the instantiations
+     * This method takes in a template and a list of link values and calls Cedar JNI to ensure those slots
+     * can be used to link the template. If the template is validated ahead of time by using Policy.parsePolicyTemplate
+     * and the link values are also ensured to be valid (for example, by validating their parts using EntityTypeName.parse
+     * and EntityIdentifier.parse), then this should only fail because the slots in the template don't match the link values
      * (barring JNI failures).
      * @param p Policy object constructed from a valid template. Best if built from Policy.parsePolicyTemplate
      * @param principal EntityUid to put into the principal slot. Leave null if there's no principal slot
diff --git a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/PolicySet.java b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/PolicySet.java
index d0dc92d..9658e07 100644
--- a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/PolicySet.java
+++ b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/PolicySet.java
@@ -28,43 +28,43 @@
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
-/** Policy Set containing policies in the Cedar language. */
+/** Policy set containing policies in the Cedar language. */
 public class PolicySet {
     static {
         LibraryLoader.loadLibrary();
     }
 
-    /** Policy set. */
+    /** Static policies */
     public Set<Policy> policies;
 
-    /** Template Instantiations. */
-    public List<TemplateInstantiation> templateInstantiations;
+    /** Template-linked policies */
+    public List<TemplateLink> templateLinks;
 
-    /** Templates. */
+    /** Policy templates */
     public Set<Policy> templates;
 
     public PolicySet() {
         this.policies = Collections.emptySet();
         this.templates = Collections.emptySet();
-        this.templateInstantiations = Collections.emptyList();
+        this.templateLinks = Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
     public PolicySet(Set<Policy> policies) {
         this.policies = policies;
         this.templates = Collections.emptySet();
-        this.templateInstantiations = Collections.emptyList();
+        this.templateLinks = Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
     public PolicySet(Set<Policy> policies, Set<Policy> templates) {
         this.policies = policies;
         this.templates = templates;
-        this.templateInstantiations = Collections.emptyList();
+        this.templateLinks = Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
-    public PolicySet(Set<Policy> policies, Set<Policy> templates, List<TemplateInstantiation> templateInstantiations) {
+    public PolicySet(Set<Policy> policies, Set<Policy> templates, List<TemplateLink> templateLinks) {
         this.policies = policies;
         this.templates = templates;
-        this.templateInstantiations = templateInstantiations;
+        this.templateLinks = templateLinks;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/TemplateInstantiation.java b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/TemplateLink.java
similarity index 75%
rename from CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/TemplateInstantiation.java
rename to CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/TemplateLink.java
index 47def55..895d6f1 100644
--- a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/TemplateInstantiation.java
+++ b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/policy/TemplateLink.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 
-/** Template instantiation. */
-public class TemplateInstantiation {
+/** Template-linked policy. */
+public class TemplateLink {
 
     @JsonProperty("templateId")
     private final String templateId;
@@ -30,23 +30,24 @@ public class TemplateInstantiation {
     @JsonProperty("resultPolicyId")
     private final String resultPolicyId;
 
-    private final List<Instantiation> instantiations;
+    @JsonProperty("instantiations")
+    private final List<LinkValue> linkValues;
 
     /**
-     * Template Instantiation.
+     * Template-linked policy.
      *
      * @param templateId the template ID.
      * @param resultPolicyId the id of the resulting policy.
-     * @param instantiations the instantiations.
+     * @param linkValues the link values.
      */
     @JsonCreator
-    public TemplateInstantiation(
+    public TemplateLink(
             @JsonProperty("templateId") String templateId,
             @JsonProperty("resultPolicyId") String resultPolicyId,
-            @JsonProperty("instantiations") List<Instantiation> instantiations) {
+            @JsonProperty("instantiations") List<LinkValue> linkValues) {
         this.templateId = templateId;
         this.resultPolicyId = resultPolicyId;
-        this.instantiations = ImmutableList.copyOf(instantiations);
+        this.linkValues = ImmutableList.copyOf(linkValues);
     }
 
     /** Get the template ID. */
@@ -59,8 +60,8 @@ public String getResultPolicyId() {
         return resultPolicyId;
     }
 
-    /** Get the instantiations to fill the slots. */
-    public List<Instantiation> getInstantiations() {
-        return instantiations;
+    /** Get the link values, which map slots to EUIDs. */
+    public List<LinkValue> getLinkValues() {
+        return linkValues;
     }
 }
diff --git a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/slice/BasicSlice.java b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/slice/BasicSlice.java
index a4644d1..2ae2a4d 100644
--- a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/slice/BasicSlice.java
+++ b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/slice/BasicSlice.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 import com.cedarpolicy.model.entity.Entity;
 import com.cedarpolicy.model.policy.Policy;
-import com.cedarpolicy.model.policy.TemplateInstantiation;
+import com.cedarpolicy.model.policy.TemplateLink;
 import com.cedarpolicy.value.Value;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class BasicSlice implements Slice {
     private final Map<String, String> templatePolicies;
 
     @JsonProperty("templateInstantiations")
-    private final List<TemplateInstantiation> templateInstantiations;
+    private final List<TemplateLink> templateLinks;
 
     /**
      * Construct a Slice from Entity and Policy objects.
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ public class BasicSlice implements Slice {
      * @param policies Set of policies.
      * @param entities Set of entities.
      * @param templates Set of policy templates.
-     * @param templateInstantiations List of TemplateInstantiations.
+     * @param templateLinks List of templateLinks.
      */
     @SuppressFBWarnings
     public BasicSlice(
             Set<Policy> policies,
             Set<Entity> entities,
             Set<Policy> templates,
-            List<TemplateInstantiation> templateInstantiations) {
+            List<TemplateLink> templateLinks) {
         // Copy of previous constructor. We can't call the previous constructor because fields are
         // final
         this.policies = new HashMap<>();
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public BasicSlice(
 
         this.templatePolicies =
                 templates.stream().collect(Collectors.toMap(p -> p.policyID, p -> p.policySrc));
-        this.templateInstantiations = new ArrayList<TemplateInstantiation>(templateInstantiations);
+        this.templateLinks = new ArrayList<TemplateLink>(templateLinks);
     }
 
 
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ public Map<String, String> getTemplates() {
 
     @Override
     @SuppressFBWarnings
-    public List<TemplateInstantiation> getTemplateInstantiations() {
-        return templateInstantiations;
+    public List<TemplateLink> getTemplateLinks() {
+        return templateLinks;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/slice/Slice.java b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/slice/Slice.java
index 54e9239..af2c97d 100644
--- a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/slice/Slice.java
+++ b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/model/slice/Slice.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 package com.cedarpolicy.model.slice;
 
 import com.cedarpolicy.model.entity.Entity;
-import com.cedarpolicy.model.policy.TemplateInstantiation;
+import com.cedarpolicy.model.policy.TemplateLink;
 import com.cedarpolicy.value.Value;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ public interface Slice {
     Map<String, String> getTemplates();
 
     /**
-     * Get the template instantiations.
+     * Get the template links.
      *
-     * @return List of template instatiations
+     * @return List of template links
      */
-    List<TemplateInstantiation> getTemplateInstantiations();
+    List<TemplateLink> getTemplateLinks();
 }
diff --git a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/serializer/SliceSerializer.java b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/serializer/SliceSerializer.java
index eb5799b..46735f7 100644
--- a/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/serializer/SliceSerializer.java
+++ b/CedarJava/src/main/java/com/cedarpolicy/serializer/SliceSerializer.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public void serialize(
                 "entities", convertEntitiesToJsonEntities(slice.getEntities()));
         jsonGenerator.writeObjectField("templates", slice.getTemplates());
         jsonGenerator.writeObjectField(
-                "templateInstantiations", slice.getTemplateInstantiations());
+                "templateInstantiations", slice.getTemplateLinks());
         jsonGenerator.writeEndObject();
     }
 
diff --git a/CedarJava/src/test/java/com/cedarpolicy/pbt/IntegrationTests.java b/CedarJava/src/test/java/com/cedarpolicy/pbt/IntegrationTests.java
index 83353db..2eba3f8 100644
--- a/CedarJava/src/test/java/com/cedarpolicy/pbt/IntegrationTests.java
+++ b/CedarJava/src/test/java/com/cedarpolicy/pbt/IntegrationTests.java
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 import com.cedarpolicy.model.AuthorizationResponse;
 import com.cedarpolicy.model.entity.Entity;
 import com.cedarpolicy.model.policy.EntityTypeAndId;
-import com.cedarpolicy.model.policy.Instantiation;
+import com.cedarpolicy.model.policy.LinkValue;
 import com.cedarpolicy.model.policy.Policy;
 import com.cedarpolicy.model.policy.PolicySet;
-import com.cedarpolicy.model.policy.TemplateInstantiation;
+import com.cedarpolicy.model.policy.TemplateLink;
 import com.cedarpolicy.value.Decimal;
 import com.cedarpolicy.value.EntityUID;
 import com.cedarpolicy.value.EntityTypeName;
@@ -554,20 +554,19 @@ public void testTemplateResourceAttribute() {
         Set<Policy> templates = new HashSet<>();
         templates.add(policy);
 
-        Instantiation instantiation =
-                new Instantiation(principalSlot, new EntityTypeAndId("User", "alice"));
+        LinkValue linkValue = new LinkValue(principalSlot, new EntityTypeAndId("User", "alice"));
 
-        final String instantiatedPolicyId = "ID0_alice";
-        TemplateInstantiation templateInstantiation =
-                new TemplateInstantiation(
+        final String linkId = "ID0_alice";
+        TemplateLink templateLink =
+                new TemplateLink(
                         policyId,
-                        instantiatedPolicyId,
-                        new ArrayList<Instantiation>(Arrays.asList(instantiation)));
+                        linkId,
+                        new ArrayList<LinkValue>(Arrays.asList(linkValue)));
 
-        ArrayList<TemplateInstantiation> templateInstantiations =
-                new ArrayList<TemplateInstantiation>(Arrays.asList(templateInstantiation));
+        ArrayList<TemplateLink> templateLinks =
+                new ArrayList<TemplateLink>(Arrays.asList(templateLink));
 
-        PolicySet policySet = new PolicySet(policies, templates, templateInstantiations);
+        PolicySet policySet = new PolicySet(policies, templates, templateLinks);
         Map<String, Value> currentContext = new HashMap<>();
         AuthorizationRequest request =
                 new AuthorizationRequest(
diff --git a/CedarJavaFFI/src/interface.rs b/CedarJavaFFI/src/interface.rs
index 972ad91..3b6f331 100644
--- a/CedarJavaFFI/src/interface.rs
+++ b/CedarJavaFFI/src/interface.rs
@@ -371,11 +371,11 @@ fn validate_template_linked_policy_internal<'a>(
         }
 
         let template_id = template.id().clone();
-        let instantiated_id = PolicyId::from_str("x")?;
+        let link_id = PolicyId::from_str("x")?;
         let mut policy_set = PolicySet::new();
         policy_set.add_template(template)?;
 
-        policy_set.link(template_id, instantiated_id, slots_map)?;
+        policy_set.link(template_id, link_id, slots_map)?;
         Ok(JValueGen::Bool(1))
     }
 }