{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "/schemas/3.1.0-beta.3/enums/c2pa-watermark-action.json",
  "title": "C2PA Watermark Action",
  "description": "C2PA action classification for a content watermark. Distinguishes watermarks that are cryptographically linked to a C2PA manifest (bound) from watermarks that exist independently (unbound). Aligns with the c2pa.watermarked.* action family in the C2PA action taxonomy.",
  "type": "string",
  "enum": [
    "c2pa.watermarked.bound",
    "c2pa.watermarked.unbound"
  ],
  "enumDescriptions": {
    "c2pa.watermarked.bound": "Watermark linked to a C2PA manifest for this asset. The watermark and manifest are mutually reinforcing: the manifest references the watermark, and the watermark can be used to locate the manifest.",
    "c2pa.watermarked.unbound": "Watermark independent of any C2PA manifest. Applied before any provenance signing event (e.g., by the AI generator at creation time) or in pipelines where no manifest is present."
  }
}
