WRITE ONCE RECORDING MEDIUM, RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD FOR WRITE ONE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND REPRODUCTION METHOD FOR WRITE ONCE RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

A temporary defect management area (14) is arranged between a control information recording area (12) and a data area (11) of a write once recording medium (10). Before finalizing the recording medium (10), defect management information is temporarily recorded in the temporary defect management area (14). When performing finalization, the defect management information is recorded in a determinate defect management area (13) provided in the control information recording area.