Example code:
\usetikzlibrary{datavisualization}
%\usepgflibrary{plotmarks}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\datavisualization[
scientific axes=clean,
visualize as scatter/.list={a,b,c,d},
style sheet=cross marks,
]
data [format=named] {
x=4,y=8,set=a
x=5,y=9,set=b
x=6,y=10,set=c
x=7,y=11,set=d
};
\end{tikzpicture}
Workaround:
Include the PGF library plotmarks:
\usepgflibrary{plotmarks}
I documented this behaviour because I don't think that
datavisualizationshould loadplotmarksby default. TikZ is already slow enough.