provisioning instance (COPS) (PRI)
A Provisioning Instance (PRI) is an instance of a Provisioning Class(PRC) of the Common Open Policy Services( COPS). A Provisioning Instance contains the value for the individual attributes of the Provisioning Classes and is uniquely identified by the Provisioning Instance Identifier( PRID). The Provisioning Instances contain the configuration data for the COPS client, the Policy Enforcement Point( PEP).