RECORDING MEDIUM WITH LINKING AREA INCLUDING DUMMY DATA, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING, RECORDING ON AND REPRODUCING FROM THE RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording medium provided with a linking area including a dummy data secured among data blocks of a high-density read-only optical disk of large capacity for reproduction compatibility with a rewritable recording medium. SOLUTION: This medium is characterized in that the medium has a data area having at least two data sections, and a linking area including dummy data and linking the adjacent data areas. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI