# Mapping Overhead

> The additional cost of translating data or calls between two differing representations or models.

Record: `lexicon:mapping-overhead`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-mapping-overhead

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Discoverability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/discoverability.md) and before [Operational Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/operational-overhead.md).

## Category

- [Quality Attributes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/quality-attributes.md)

## In tension with

- [Anti-Corruption Layer](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/anti-corruption-layer.md)
- [Adapter Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/adapter-pattern.md)
- [Anti-Corruption Layer / Mapping Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/anti-corruption-layer-mapping-overhead.md)
- [Adapter Pattern / Mapping Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/adapter-pattern-mapping-overhead.md)

## Linked from

- [Domain Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-domain-architecture.md)
- [Structural Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-structural-patterns.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)