wmdb.*: rights protection for numeric relational data

Abstract

We introduce wmdb.*, a solution for numeric relational data rights protection through watermarking. Rights protection for relational data is important in areas where sensitive, valuable content is to be outsourced. A good example is a data mining application, where data is sold in pieces to parties specialized in mining it. We show how various higher level semantic constraints such as classification preservation and maximum absolute change bounds are naturally handled and how random alteration attacks are well survived.