Move channel factory docs into stdlib reference

Signed-off-by: Ben Sherman <bentshermann@gmail.com>

Author: bentsherman

.docusaurus_site/sidebars.js

@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ module.exports = {
                     ]
                 },
                 "reference/process",
-                "reference/channel",
                 "reference/operator-typed",
                 "reference/operator"
             ]

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+/nextflow/operator                 /nextflow/reference/operator                     301
+/nextflow/reference/channel        /nextflow/reference/stdlib-namespaces/channel    301

docs/developer/nextflow.mdx

@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ The `Channel` class implements the channel factory methods, and it is exposed di
 
 The `Session` class is the top-level representation of a Nextflow run, or "session". See [nextflow.script][nextflow-script] for more details about how a `Session` is created.
 
-[channel-factory]: ../reference/channel
+[channel-factory]: ../reference/stdlib-namespaces/channel
 [nextflow-script]: ./nextflow.script
 [stdlib-namespaces-global]: ../reference/stdlib-namespaces/global

docs/migrations/24-04.mdx

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ The `nf-ga4gh` plugin has since been moved into its own repository, [nextflow-io
 [config-aws]: ../reference/config/aws
 [config-apptainer]: ../reference/config/apptainer
 [config-singularity]: ../reference/config/singularity
-[channel-topic]: ../reference/channel#topic
+[channel-topic]: ../reference/stdlib-namespaces/channel#topic
 [config-workflow]: ../reference/config/workflow
 [dynamic-task-resources]: ../process#dynamic-task-resources
 [google-batch-process]: ../google#process-definition

docs/migrations/25-04.mdx

@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ workflow.output.ignoreErrors = true
 - New standard library function: `env()`
 - Support `disk` directive for Azure Batch
 
-[channel-from-lineage]: ../reference/channel#fromlineage
-[channel-topic]: ../reference/channel#topic
+[channel-from-lineage]: ../reference/stdlib-namespaces/channel#fromlineage
+[channel-topic]: ../reference/stdlib-namespaces/channel#topic
 [cli-inspect]: ../reference/cli/inspect
 [cli-lineage]: ../reference/cli/lineage
 [cli-lint]: ../reference/cli/lint

docs/process-typed.mdx

@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ The `stub:` section behaves the same way as [legacy processes][process-stub].
 
 Directives behave the same way as [legacy processes][process-directives].
 
-[channel-topic]: ./reference/channel#topic
+[channel-topic]: ./reference/stdlib-namespaces/channel#topic
 [migrating-static-types]: ./tutorials/static-types
 [process-reference-typed]: ./reference/syntax#process-typed
 [process-directives]: ./process#directives

docs/process.mdx

@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ The above example executes the `echo` process three times. The dataflow value `x
 ```
 
 :::note
-In general, multiple input channels should be used to process *combinations* of different inputs, using the `each` qualifier or value channels. Having multiple queue channels as inputs is equivalent to using the [`merge`][operator-merge] operator, which is not recommended as it may lead to [non-deterministic process inputs][cache-nondeterministic-inputs].
+Multiple inputs should only be used to process *combinations* of different inputs, using the `each` qualifier or dataflow values. Having multiple queue channels as inputs is equivalent to using the [`merge`][operator-merge] operator, which is not recommended as it may lead to [non-deterministic process inputs][cache-nondeterministic-inputs].
 :::
 
 See also: [Singleton outputs](#singleton-outputs).
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ process hello {
 ```
 
 [cache-nondeterministic-inputs]: ./cache-and-resume#non-deterministic-process-inputs
-[channel-value]: ./reference/channel#value
+[channel-value]: ./reference/stdlib-namespaces/channel#value
 [executor-page]: ./executor
 [glob]: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/io/fileOps.html.mdx#glob
 [operator-combine]: ./reference/operator#combine