Information storage medium and method and apparatus for recording/reproducing data on/from the same

摘要

A method of recording data on an information storage medium including a plurality of recording layers, each having a user data area, on which data is recordable by a pickup. Data is recorded in the order of recording layers from a layer closest to the pickup to a layer farthest from the pickup, and a recordable region in a user data area of a recording layer on which data is to be recorded is smaller than a user data area in a recording layer between the pickup and the recording layer on which the data is to be recorded. Each recording layer contains a recordable region in a user data area and a optimum power control (OPC) area in order to maintain the same recording characteristics between the plurality of recording layers.