Cultural Change in Data Publishing Is Essential.

The authors share their view on the importance of cultural change in data publishing. They believe that a data paper is a proper mechanism to boost the publication of biodiversity data. They argued against the views expressed by X. Huang and colleagues on the use of data paper to publish biodiversity data. Several reasons on why the authors prefer the publication of a data paper including the mobilization of data and making available a data set along with other details were noted.