INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD FOR INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING METHOD FOR INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING OR REPRODUCING, AND DATA STRUCTURE ICLUDING CONTROL SIGNAL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To retrieve efficiently an updated defect list. SOLUTION: An information recording medium (100) is provided with a user data area (108) for recording recording data, a plurality of temporary defect management areas (104, 105) for recording temporarily defect management information as the basis of defect management for defect in the data area, and a flag area (111) for recording discrimination information discriminating the temporary defect management area in which effective defect management information is recorded out of a plurality of temporary defect management areas, discrimination information as a kind of combination pattern of an area defined to be already recorded according to the prescribed rule and an area left as an unrecorded area in the flag area is recorded. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI