1. A recording medium, comprising:
a user data area where user data is stored;
at least one spare area for replacement of defective units of the user data area; and
a defect management information area where defect management information for a defective unit of the user data area is stored, wherein the defect management information includes information representing whether replacement or non-replacement of the defective unit by linear replacement is required, wherein if the defect management information indicates that the defective unit is not to be replaced by linear replacement then the defective unit is not replaced even if the defective unit was previously designated for linear replacement.
2. The recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein a flag, representing that a linear replacement of the recording medium has been performed, is stored as a reserved bit of a secondary defect list (SDL) of the recording medium.
3. The recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein a flag, representing that a linear replacement of a recording medium has not been performed, is stored as a set bit of a secondary defect list (SDL) of the recording medium.
4. The recording medium of claim 1, wherein information representing replacement of the defective unit includes positions of the defective unit and a corresponding replacement unit.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A Method of collaboration among various parties to build an emergency response plan for a property, the method comprising:
receiving, at a server, structural information provided by manager of said property;
using said structural information by tenant of said property to provide to said server occupant information referenced with respect to said structured information; and
using said structural information and said occupant information by emergency respondents to provide to said server emergency response plan data referenced with respect to at least one of said structural information and said occupant information.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a step of receiving an emergency response plan provided by said manager of said property with respect to expertise of said manager of said property and a step of approving or rejecting, by said emergency respondents, said emergency response plan provided by said manager of said property.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a step of receiving an emergency response plan provided by said tenant of said property with respect to expertise of said tenant of said property and a step of approving or rejecting, by said emergency respondents, said emergency response plan provided by said tenant of said property.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a step of adding on the server comments referenced with respect to at least one of said structural information, said occupant information and said emergency response plan data and sharing these comments among various parties who have access to the server.
5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein said comments added on the server are provided by an insurance company.