diff --git a/bbconf/db_utils.py b/bbconf/db_utils.py
index d76fbc8..41ad0dd 100644
--- a/bbconf/db_utils.py
+++ b/bbconf/db_utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
 import pandas as pd
-from sqlalchemy import TIMESTAMP, BigInteger, ForeignKey, Result, Select, event, select
+from sqlalchemy import (
+    TIMESTAMP,
+    BigInteger,
+    ForeignKey,
+    Result,
+    Select,
+    event,
+    select,
+    UniqueConstraint,
+)
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import JSON
 from sqlalchemy.engine import URL, Engine, create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.event import listens_for
@@ -118,6 +127,10 @@ class Bed(Base):
     )
     license_mapping: Mapped["License"] = relationship("License", back_populates="bed")
 
+    ref_classifier: Mapped["GenomeRefStats"] = relationship(
+        "GenomeRefStats", back_populates="bed", cascade="all, delete-orphan"
+    )
+
 
 class BedMetadata(Base):
     __tablename__ = "bed_metadata"
@@ -351,6 +364,32 @@ class License(Base):
     bed: Mapped[List["Bed"]] = relationship("Bed", back_populates="license_mapping")
 
 
+class GenomeRefStats(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "genome_ref_stats"
+
+    id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True, index=True)
+
+    bed_id: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(
+        ForeignKey("bed.id", ondelete="CASCADE"),
+        index=True,
+        nullable=False,
+    )
+    provided_genome: Mapped[str]
+    compared_genome: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(
+        nullable=False, comment="Compared Genome"
+    )
+
+    xs: Mapped[float] = mapped_column(nullable=True, default=None)
+    oobr: Mapped[float] = mapped_column(nullable=True, default=None)
+    sequence_fit: Mapped[float] = mapped_column(nullable=True, default=None)
+    assigned_points: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(nullable=False)
+    tier_ranking: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(nullable=False)
+
+    bed: Mapped["Bed"] = relationship("Bed", back_populates="ref_classifier")
+
+    __table_args__ = (UniqueConstraint("bed_id", "compared_genome"),)
+
+
 @listens_for(Universes, "after_insert")
 @listens_for(Universes, "after_update")
 def add_bed_universe(mapper, connection, target):
diff --git a/bbconf/models/bed_models.py b/bbconf/models/bed_models.py
index c5c9fcc..b2f256e 100644
--- a/bbconf/models/bed_models.py
+++ b/bbconf/models/bed_models.py
@@ -219,3 +219,15 @@ class TokenizedPathResponse(BaseModel):
     universe_id: str
     file_path: str
     endpoint_url: str
+
+
+class RefGenValidModel(BaseModel):
+    provided_genome: str
+    compared_genome: str
+    xs: float = 0.0
+    oobr: Union[float, None] = None
+    sequence_fit: Union[float, None] = None
+    assigned_points: int
+    tier_ranking: int
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="forbid")
diff --git a/bbconf/modules/bedfiles.py b/bbconf/modules/bedfiles.py
index df1da60..1297799 100644
--- a/bbconf/modules/bedfiles.py
+++ b/bbconf/modules/bedfiles.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from logging import getLogger
 from typing import Dict, Union
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 import numpy as np
 from geniml.bbclient import BBClient
@@ -14,7 +15,15 @@
 
 from bbconf.config_parser.bedbaseconfig import BedBaseConfig
 from bbconf.const import DEFAULT_LICENSE, PKG_NAME, ZARR_TOKENIZED_FOLDER
-from bbconf.db_utils import Bed, BedStats, Files, TokenizedBed, Universes, BedMetadata
+from bbconf.db_utils import (
+    Bed,
+    BedStats,
+    Files,
+    TokenizedBed,
+    Universes,
+    BedMetadata,
+    GenomeRefStats,
+)
 from bbconf.exceptions import (
     BedBaseConfError,
     BedFIleExistsError,
@@ -43,6 +52,7 @@
     TokenizedPathResponse,
     UniverseMetadata,
     StandardMeta,
+    RefGenValidModel,
 )
 
 _LOGGER = getLogger(PKG_NAME)
@@ -393,6 +403,7 @@ def add(
         plots: dict = None,
         files: dict = None,
         classification: dict = None,
+        ref_validation: Dict[str, BaseModel] = None,
         license_id: str = DEFAULT_LICENSE,
         upload_qdrant: bool = False,
         upload_pephub: bool = False,
@@ -410,6 +421,7 @@ def add(
         :param plots: bed file plots
         :param files: bed file files
         :param classification: bed file classification
+        :param ref_validation: reference validation data.  RefGenValidModel
         :param license_id: bed file license id (default: 'DUO:0000042'). Full list of licenses:
             https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EBISPOT/DUO/master/duo.csv
         :param upload_qdrant: add bed file to qdrant indexs
@@ -532,6 +544,16 @@ def add(
             session.add(new_bedstat)
             session.add(new_metadata)
 
+            for ref_gen_check, data in ref_validation.items():
+                new_gen_ref = GenomeRefStats(
+                    **RefGenValidModel(
+                        **data.model_dump(),
+                        provided_genome=classification.genome_alias,
+                        compared_genome=ref_gen_check,
+                    ).model_dump(),
+                    bed_id=identifier,
+                )
+                session.add(new_gen_ref)
             session.commit()
 
         return None
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index bf40e34..4f64420 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) and [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) format.
 
+# [0.7.0] - 2024-09-20
+## Added 
+- Table and methods for reference genome validator
+- Table with standard metadata schema
+- Bed file opening improvements
+
 # [0.6.1] - 2024-08-21
 ## Added 
 
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-all.txt b/requirements/requirements-all.txt
index 21a4d73..538c13e 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-all.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-all.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 yacman >= 0.9.1
 sqlalchemy >= 2.0.0
-geniml >= 0.4.0
+geniml >= 0.4.1
 psycopg >= 3.1.15
 colorlogs
 pydantic >= 2.6.4
 botocore
 boto3 >=  1.34.54
-pephubclient >= 0.4.1
+pephubclient >= 0.4.4
 sqlalchemy_schemadisplay
 zarr
 pyyaml >= 6.0.1 # for s3fs because of the errors