[chore] [editorial] Switch registry docs to pre-processed frontmatter

[thompson-tomo]

Progresses #1821

Changes

This switches the registry docs to use frontmatter syntax rather than embedding the frontmatter in comments. Currently these comments need to be processed before they can be used on the website version.

This change will also help in reviews as the link title etc are front and center.

The docs now have an explicit title front matter property which matches h1.

No manual changes made other than to the jinja template.

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[thompson-tomo]

@chalin could you confirm the key thing needed for #1821 is setting of the title as a front matter property like done here by updating the title? Thanks

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[chalin]

Not stale.

[joaopgrassi]

@chalin I guess "code owner" here would be you. Can you approve to make sure from the OTel website things look ok?

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