exporting a BOM triggered by workflow ...

When exporting a BOM triggered by workflow, there is only XML available > why? I think, a plain tab separated TXT would be enough ... When using this BOM to XML via workflow trigger, besides the desired meta data (CAD properties = PDM variables) there are tons of additional content inside of the XML > what is it for?

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