Add the DO-CAIE certification as a first-class certification entity

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Overview

Follow-up to #47. That PR shipped a learning path that studies for the DigitalOcean Certified AI Engineer credential plus the certification exam challenge — but not the certification itself. This PR adds the actual credential as a first-class type: "certification" entity, using the academy theme's certification content type.

What's added

• New certifications/ content section (content/certifications/_index.md), parallel to learning-paths/ and challenges/.
• The DO-CAIE certification at content/certifications/3e2f9c82…/digitalocean-certified-ai-engineer/_index.md, with the full archetype schema:
  • competencies — the 7-domain exam blueprint with weighting (sums to 100) and subdomain items
  • prerequisite_knowledge — the five core learning paths + the prep path + recommended skills
  • related_resources — the four hands-on challenges and product docs
  • additional_attributes — exam format (60 Q / 90 min), pass mark (70%), mandatory capstone, retake policy, 2-year validity
• Repositioned the existing learning path from "DigitalOcean Certified AI Engineer (DO-CAIE)" to "DO-CAIE Certification Prep", and linked it to the credential via the learning-path certificate field — making clear it is the study path, not the certification.
• CURRICULUM.md updated to describe the certification entity vs. the prep path.

How the pieces fit

Piece	Type	Role
DigitalOcean Certified AI Engineer (DO-CAIE)	certification	The credential: blueprint, prerequisites, attributes
DO-CAIE Certification Prep	learning-path	The study path (overview, domain study guide, capstone guide)
DO-CAIE Certification Exam	challenge (test + lab)	The graded written exam + capstone brief

Validation

• hugo build passes (exit 0); the certification renders to public/certifications/…/index.html.
• Local preview uses basic styling; Layer5 Cloud renders the rich competency view from the front matter (per the README).

Note: content-ID registration

Like the other new root content, the certification's ID must be registered in the Layer5 Cloud academy registry for the org, or the production build's registry validation (validationMode=error) will reject it:

Type	Path	Content ID
Certification	certifications/…/digitalocean-certified-ai-engineer	7ae5fbfe-385d-4fc5-b14a-957d71212050

(This is in addition to the 10 IDs from #47 already pending registration.)

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Pull request overview

This PR introduces DigitalOcean Certified AI Engineer (DO-CAIE) as a first-class type: "certification" content entity in the Academy, and repositions the existing “DO-CAIE” learning path as a prep path that explicitly supports the certification.

Changes:

• Add a new content/certifications/ section and a DO-CAIE certification page with full blueprint/prerequisite/resources/attributes schema.
• Rename the existing DO-CAIE learning path to “DO-CAIE Certification Prep” and add certificate metadata to link it to the certification.
• Update CURRICULUM.md to document the distinction between the certification entity and the prep learning path.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
CURRICULUM.md	Clarifies certification vs. prep path and documents the new certification entity.
content/learning-paths/3e2f9c82-1a4c-4781-adf9-99ec22cd994e/certified-ai-engineer/_index.md	Renames the learning path to “Prep” and adds certificate linkage metadata.
content/certifications/_index.md	Adds a new Certifications section index for local/dev navigation and section typing.
content/certifications/3e2f9c82-1a4c-4781-adf9-99ec22cd994e/digitalocean-certified-ai-engineer/_index.md	Introduces the DO-CAIE certification entity and its full front matter schema + page content.
content/certifications/3e2f9c82-1a4c-4781-adf9-99ec22cd994e/digitalocean-certified-ai-engineer/digitalocean.svg	Adds the certification banner asset referenced by the certification page.

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