Basho themselves have complained about being called a document DB. Probably because you can store absolutely anything in Riak. Regardless of the reason I think

Basho themselves have complained about being called a document DB. Probably because you can store absolutely anything in Riak. Regardless of the reason I think we can safely call it a KV store and be done with it. edit: And by Basho themselves I don't mean some official statement, I just mean people who work for Basho.