diff --git a/dyaml/node.d b/dyaml/node.d
index 8333353..6d59e6d 100644
--- a/dyaml/node.d
+++ b/dyaml/node.d
@@ -168,7 +168,9 @@ struct Node
         Value value_;
         ///Start position of the node.
         Mark startMark_;
-        ///Tag of the node.
+
+    package:
+        //Tag of the node. Is package as it is both written to and read all over D:YAML.
         Tag tag_;
 
     public:
@@ -426,6 +428,9 @@ struct Node
         ///Is this node a user defined type?
         @property bool isUserType() const {return isType!YAMLObject;}
 
+        ///Return tag of the node.
+        @property string tag()      const {return tag_.get;}
+
         /**
          * Equality test.
          *
@@ -1244,12 +1249,6 @@ struct Node
          */
         @property bool isType(T)() const {return value_.type is typeid(T);}
 
-        //Return tag of the node.
-        @property Tag tag() const {return tag_;}
-
-        //Set tag of the node.
-        @property void tag(Tag tag) {tag_ = tag;}
-
     private:
         //Is the value an integer of some kind?
         alias isType!long isInt;
diff --git a/dyaml/representer.d b/dyaml/representer.d
index a865364..9ca7e2a 100644
--- a/dyaml/representer.d
+++ b/dyaml/representer.d
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ final class Representer
                     new RepresenterException("No representer function for type " 
                                              ~ type.toString() ~ " , cannot represent."));
             Node result = representers_[type](data, this);
-            if(!data.tag.isNull()){result.tag = data.tag;}
+            if(!data.tag_.isNull()){result.tag_ = data.tag_;}
             return result;
         }
 
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ Node representSysTime(ref Node node, Representer representer)
 Node representNodes(ref Node node, Representer representer)
 {
     auto nodes = node.get!(Node[]);
-    if(node.tag == Tag("tag:yaml.org,2002:set"))
+    if(node.tag_ == Tag("tag:yaml.org,2002:set"))
     {
         ///YAML sets are mapping with null values.
         Node.Pair[] pairs;
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ Node representNodes(ref Node node, Representer representer)
         {
             pairs[idx] = Node.Pair(key, representNull(dummy, representer));
         }
-        return representer.representMapping(node.tag.get, pairs);
+        return representer.representMapping(node.tag_.get, pairs);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -423,15 +423,15 @@ Node representPairs(ref Node node, Representer representer)
         return nodes;
     }
 
-    if(node.tag == Tag("tag:yaml.org,2002:omap"))
+    if(node.tag_ == Tag("tag:yaml.org,2002:omap"))
     {
         enforce(!hasDuplicates(pairs),
                 new RepresenterException("Duplicate entry in an ordered map"));
-        return representer.representSequence(node.tag.get, mapToSequence(pairs));
+        return representer.representSequence(node.tag_.get, mapToSequence(pairs));
     }
-    else if(node.tag == Tag("tag:yaml.org,2002:pairs"))
+    else if(node.tag_ == Tag("tag:yaml.org,2002:pairs"))
     {
-        return representer.representSequence(node.tag.get, mapToSequence(pairs));
+        return representer.representSequence(node.tag_.get, mapToSequence(pairs));
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/dyaml/serializer.d b/dyaml/serializer.d
index de6f511..f318c36 100644
--- a/dyaml/serializer.d
+++ b/dyaml/serializer.d
@@ -196,16 +196,16 @@ struct Serializer
                 Tag detectedTag = resolver_.resolve(NodeID.Scalar, Tag(null), value, true);
                 Tag defaultTag = resolver_.resolve(NodeID.Scalar, Tag(null), value, false);
 
-                emitter_.emit(scalarEvent(Mark(), Mark(), aliased, node.tag,
-                              [node.tag == detectedTag, node.tag == defaultTag], 
+                emitter_.emit(scalarEvent(Mark(), Mark(), aliased, node.tag_,
+                              [node.tag_ == detectedTag, node.tag_ == defaultTag], 
                               value, ScalarStyle.Invalid));
                 return;
             }
             if(node.isSequence)
             {
                 auto defaultTag = resolver_.defaultSequenceTag;
-                bool implicit = node.tag == defaultTag;
-                emitter_.emit(sequenceStartEvent(Mark(), Mark(), aliased, node.tag,
+                bool implicit = node.tag_ == defaultTag;
+                emitter_.emit(sequenceStartEvent(Mark(), Mark(), aliased, node.tag_,
                                                  implicit, CollectionStyle.Invalid));
                 foreach(ref Node item; node)
                 {
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ struct Serializer
             if(node.isMapping)
             {
                 auto defaultTag = resolver_.defaultMappingTag; 
-                bool implicit = node.tag == defaultTag;
-                emitter_.emit(mappingStartEvent(Mark(), Mark(), aliased, node.tag,
+                bool implicit = node.tag_ == defaultTag;
+                emitter_.emit(mappingStartEvent(Mark(), Mark(), aliased, node.tag_,
                                                 implicit, CollectionStyle.Invalid));
                 foreach(ref Node key, ref Node value; node)
                 { 
diff --git a/test/src/resolver.d b/test/src/resolver.d
index 6dc6f30..ac079c2 100644
--- a/test/src/resolver.d
+++ b/test/src/resolver.d
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void testImplicitResolver(bool verbose, string dataFilename, string detectFilena
     foreach(ref Node scalar; node)
     {
         assert(scalar.isScalar);
-        assert(scalar.tag.get == correctTag);
+        assert(scalar.tag == correctTag);
     }
 }