This standard describes an evaluation method to assess the robustness of watermarking implementations in unstructured digital contents including images, video, audio, and documents. This standard describes attacks and corruptions that may result in the compromise of the watermarking information embedded in digital contents. Furthermore, the standard specifies robustness requirements for implementations of digital watermarking in the digital contents. Moreover, the standard defines metrics used for evaluation and test cases for assessing the robustness against different corruptions or attacks. This standard does not specify the evaluation for the robustness of the watermarking implementations in structured contents, for example, database. The risks faced with watermarking implementations in structured contents are different from those of unstructured contents, and need different test cases.

Using the specified evaluation method, the relevant stakeholders of digital contents utilizing watermarking technology can have a clear understanding of the robustness of the watermarking implementations. Also based on the evaluation results, the relevant stakeholders can know the vulnerabilities in the watermarking implementations to help them make improvements.