---
title: "Framework crosswalk"
description: "A mapping of one framework's controls onto another's; useful as an index, but a crosswalk proves you read the framework, not that the mapped control fires."
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/framework-crosswalk
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-24
---

# Framework crosswalk

A mapping of one framework's controls onto another's; useful as an index, but a crosswalk proves you read the framework, not that the mapped control fires.

- Developed in: [ch. 05, Pattern: Framework Crosswalk](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/patterns#pattern-framework-crosswalk)
- Chapters: [ch. 05, Patterns](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/patterns) · [ch. 08, Regulatory Map](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/regulatory-map)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-framework-crosswalk

## Sources

Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source.