WRITE ONCE TYPE RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD FOR WRITE ONCE TYPE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND REPRODUCTION METHOD FOR WRITE ONCE TYPE RECORDING MEDIUM.

摘要

On a write once type recording medium (10), there are arranged a determinate defect management area (13) for determinately recording defect management information and a plurality of temporary defect management areas (14A, 14B, 14C) for temporarily recording the defect management information. Before finalizing the recording medium (10), each time the defect management information is updated, the defect management information updated is recorded in one of the temporary defect management areas. Furthermore, a status information recording area (15) is arranged on the recording medium (10) and the status information indicating the temporary defect management area containing the last defect management information recorded is recorded there. By referencing the status information, it is possible to rapidly identify the last defect management information recorded.