Data standards address cognitive barriers too

"Advocates of data sharing standards — guidelines for which elements ought to be included in a dataset for a particular datatype, controlled vocabularies for describing the data, or formatting specifications — usually tout effective reuse as the main benefit. Data can be understood more accurately, interpreted more easily, and technically stitched together at a much larger scale when it adheres to well-defined standards. This is important. Crucial. That said, it isn’t what gets me excited about data standards. I think data standards also make it easier for people to *share* their data...."