Map context, intended use and potential impacts (Map)

Practical action

Produce a system card or context document before development starts.

Who does it apply to?

Voluntary; any organisation adopting the framework.

Actors

Provider / developerDeployer / user organisation

Sectors

Cross-sector / all sectors

Use cases

AI in public servicesGenerative AI and foundation models

Which controls meet this duty?

Satisfies: the control, operated properly, does the work the duty asks for. Supports: it contributes but the duty needs more. Each control page lists every other duty it serves, so work done once can be counted once.

• satisfiesProcessAI system owner · once per ai system
  AI impact and fundamental-rights impact assessment

  Serves 11 recorded duties · evidence: AI impact assessment, Impact assessment approval, Impact assessment procedure and template

  Context, affected people and impact analysis produced before development.

• supportsProcessAI system owner · once per ai system
  AI risk assessment and lifecycle risk register

  Serves 12 recorded duties · evidence: AI system risk assessment, Per-system AI risk register, Residual-risk acceptance

  Risk categorisation and benefit-cost analysis.

• supportsProcessAI governance lead · continuous
  AI system inventory and classification

  Serves 11 recorded duties · evidence: AI system register, Risk-tier classification sign-off, AI intake and classification procedure

  Intended purpose, users and settings recorded at intake.

Templates that cover this duty

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• Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA)

  Assessment · DOCX and XLSX · v5

• AI Impact Assessment

  Assessment · DOCX and XLSX · v5

• ISO/IEC 42001 Gap Assessment and Statement of Applicability

  Assessment · XLSX · v3

• NIST AI RMF ↔ EU AI Act ↔ ISO/IEC 42001 Crosswalk

  Crosswalk · XLSX · v3

All 7 templates that cover it →

What evidence would a reviewer expect?

Framework mappings

Original editorial crosswalks. They cite clause numbers only and reproduce no standard text; confidence reflects how direct the mapping is.

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Frequently asked questions

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Map context, intended use and potential impacts (Map) (NIST AI RMF)” [AIPT-OBL-0113, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0113 (accessed 27 October 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

Permanent id AIPT-OBL-0113: it never changes or gets reused, and its address keeps working if this page moves.

Cite the official text alongside it: Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0), National Institute of Standards and Technology, https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ai/NIST.AI.100-1.pdf.

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  title        = {{Map context, intended use and potential impacts (Map) (NIST AI RMF)}},
  year         = {2026},
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  url          = {https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/us-nist-ai-rmf-map},
  urldate      = {2026-10-27},
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}

Change history

Similar obligations in other instruments

• Carry out a fundamental rights impact assessment before deployment — EU AI Act, European Union
• Significant Data Fiduciaries must appoint a DPO and run impact assessments and audits — India DPDP Act, India
• Carry out a data protection impact assessment for high-risk AI processing — ICO AI guidance, United Kingdom
• Conduct a data protection impact assessment for high-risk processing using new technologies — UAE PDPL, United Arab Emirates
• Deployers must complete impact assessments for high-risk AI — Colorado AI Act, Colorado (United States)
• Operators of high-impact AI should assess its impact on fundamental rights before use — AI Basic Act, South Korea (voluntary)